Rare ‘sunglint’ transforms Alabama River into a giant ‘golden dragon’ — Earth from space

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A rare “sunglint” briefly transformed a section of the Alabama River in 2023, making it look like a giant golden dragon when viewed from above. (Image credit: NASA/ISS program) QUICK FACTS Where is it? Boykin, Alabama [32.10219570, -87.28911406] What’s in the photo? A “sunglint” making the Alabama River look like a golden Chinese dragon WhoContinue Reading

NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim, Crewmates Return from Space Station

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Tiernan P. Doyle Dec 09, 2025 NASA astronaut Jonny Kim returned to Earth on Tuesday alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, wrapping up an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station to benefit life on Earth and future space exploration. They made a safe, parachute-assisted landing at 12:03 a.m. EST (10:03 a.m.Continue Reading

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TheUnited States Air Force ranks number three in the US Armed Forces for the largest troop count. With just over 300,000 active duty service members, theUS Navy beats out the Air Force with a force of around 350,000, and the US Army is the unchallenged leader with over 450,000 troops.Continue Reading

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Mozilla Firefox 146 is out, adding a final flurry of finesse to finish off what’s been an interesting year for the famed FOSS browser – but is there anything especially good in the update? Arguably, the ‘headline’ change for Linux users is that Firefox now fully supports fractional-scaling under Wayland,Continue Reading

Lexus World Premieres Lexus LFA Concept BEV Sports Car

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Lexus LFA ConceptTOKYO, Dec 5, 2025 – (JCN Newswire) – Lexus, today, world premiered the Lexus LFA Concept-a battery electric vehicle (BEV) sports car concept model.Born from the strong conviction of Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) Chairman Akio Toyoda, aka Master Driver Morizo, that certain car-making techniques and skills must be preserved and passed on to theContinue Reading

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This story was originally published by the Texas Tribune and the Texas Newsroom and co-published with ProPublica. Republished under the Texas Tribune’s republish feature. Months after fighting to keep secret the emails exchanged between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and tech billionaire Elon Musk’s companies, state officials released nearly 1,400 pages to The Texas Newsroom. The records,Continue Reading

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US-based automotive and e-mobility supplier BorgWarner has secured a contract to supply its battery system to the HOLON urban, a 15-person, Level 4 autonomous electric shuttle. The contract marks BorgWarner’s first contract to supply battery tech for autonomous vehicles produced in North America. BorgWarner will supply its lithium nickel manganeseContinue Reading