‘We were amazed’: Scientists using James Webb telescope may have discovered the earliest supernova in the known universe

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The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted an eruption of energy in the early universe that may be the most distant supernova discovered to date. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Levan (IMAPP), Image Processing: A. Pagan (STScI)) Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may have discovered the most distant supernova inContinue Reading

NASA Launches Research Program for Students to Explore Big Ideas

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NASA is now accepting concepts for a new research challenge. The Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology (ORBIT) challenge is a multi-phase innovation competition designed to empower university and college students to develop next-generation solutions that benefit life on Earth and deep-space exploration. With up to $380,000 in total prize funding, NASA’s ORBIT challengesContinue Reading

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If you don’t include tests in your Drupal development, chances are it’s because you think it adds complexity and expense without benefit. Cypress is an open source tool with many benefits: Reliably tests anything that runs in a web browser Works on any web platform (it’s great for testing projectsContinue Reading

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I use GNOME as my primary desktop environment on my Linux PC at home. GNOME gives me an easy-to-use graphical desktop that provides the flexibility I need yet doesn’t get in my way when I focus on my work. GNOME recently released GNOME 44 with a bunch of new features.Continue Reading

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This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. After years of struggling to find enough workers for some of the nation’s toughest lockups, the Federal Bureau of Prisons is facing a new challenge: Corrections officers are jumping ship for more lucrative jobs at Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  This isContinue Reading

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Civil recovery order targets PlugwalkJoe’s illicit gains while he serves US sentence British prosecutors have secured a civil recovery order to seize crypto assets worth £4.11 million ($5.39 million) from Twitter hacker Joseph James O’Connor, clawing back the proceeds of a scam that used hijacked celebrity accounts to solicit digitalContinue Reading