On Aug. 25, 1997, NASA launched the Advanced Composition Explorer, or ACE satellite to study energetic particles traveling through space. It lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a Delta II rocket and spent the next three and a half months making its way to its orbital post near the L1 Lagrangian pointContinue Reading
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot and NASA astronaut Anil Menon complete a spacewalk on Aug. 18, 2026. (Image credit: Roscosmos/Anna Kikina) Intensely focused and tethered to a floating laboratory in the vacuum of space, two astronauts spent over 6 hours working on the International Space Station during a historic spacewalk. What is it? Two astronauts aboardContinue Reading
European Commission says it is ‘assessing’ Spain’s request after some 70,000 migrants surged into North African enclave., European Commission says it is ‘assessing’ Spain’s request after some 70,000 migrants surged into North African enclave. Spain has formally requested emergency funding from the European Union to address the migration situation inContinue Reading
Survey indicates majority of Democrats in first six states to vote for 2028 nominee believe Israel committing genocide., Most United States Democratic voters in states that will play a key role in choosing the party’s nominee in the 2028 presidential election oppose providing aid and weapons to Israel, a newContinue Reading
A huge section of Greenland’s Petermann Glacier has snapped off, forming an ice island about the size of Manhattan. Satellites watched cracks spread rapidly before the 76-square-kilometer slab finally broke free on August 4. It is the glacier’s biggest calving event since 2012, and scientists say two even larger piecesContinue Reading
5 min read NASA’s Pandora Mission Begins Study of Exoplanets, Host Stars Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission and the first satellite to launch through the agency’s Astrophysics Pioneers program, is now making unique observations of worlds beyond our solar system and the stars they orbit. The mission will determine theContinue Reading
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4 Min Read Galactic Gems Glisten in New Gallery From NASA’s Chandra Galaxies are like cosmic gems, each with characteristics including size and shape that make them distinct. A new gallery released today from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes displays a collection of galactic images that showcase thisContinue Reading
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Darializa Avila Chevalier-upper Manhattan’s new congressional candidate, backed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and endorsed by Mamdani-is shaping up to be one of the most dangerous students…Continue Reading
Perhaps it is appropriate that the last few days of Tim Cook’s leadership at Apple is marked by the return of Mac manufacturing to America in the form of the new Mac mini, which the company has promised it will assemble in the US this year. The company on Tuesday also introducedContinue Reading
Once upon a time Microsoft was bullish on China. Back in early 2010, when Steve Ballmer was CEO and Bill Gates was Chairman, Google was threatening to pull out of China because of Chinese censorship and because of what the company called Chinese government-sponsored cyberattacks. Google wasn’t alone. Other techContinue Reading