Space Telescope Interferometer to Image Exoplanet Continents

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A NASA NIAC project will try to Mapping Alien Continents using formation-flying optical interferometer. Two hierarchical nullers ~100 km apart that first suppress the host star by ~10¹⁰ in visible light, then combine the leftover planet light as a Michelson interferometer. That baseline gives an angular resolution of order 1 µas at 500 nm. AnContinue Reading

NASA Super Light Solar Sail Project Will Be 12-40 Times Lighter and Faster

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NASA Advanced innovation study will try to enable the next generation of solar sails featuring very high characteristic acceleration–potentially up to 2 mm/s²–and large effective areas exceeding 10,000 m², to support future ultra–high delta-V missions. These advanced solar sails would significantly transform space exploration and utilization, making possible a range of missions currently beyond theContinue Reading

Grayscale Says US Crypto Rules Can Advance Without CLARITY Act

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U.S. crypto regulation is becoming clearer even as the CLARITY Act faces an uncertain path through Congress, according to Grayscale. Stablecoin legislation and agency initiatives are advancing, though several changes remain proposals rather than final rules. Grayscale Sees Regulatory Progress Beyond CLARITY Crypto businesses could gain clearer fundraising and trading rules even if Congress failsContinue Reading

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The space economy could be worth as much at $2 trillion by 2src4src – according to a recent report by professional services provider PwC. The cisLunar orbit, between the earth and the moon, is particularly promising. But all of it requires power and, as it has for decades…Continue Reading

Remembrance: 25 Years Since the September 11 Attacks

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Andrea Arroyo On September 11, 2srcsrc1, coordinated terrorist attacks carried out by the extremist group al-Qaeda killed 2,977 people and injured more than 6,srcsrcsrc others in the United States. The post Remembrance: 25 Years Since the September 11 Attacks appeared first on The Nation…Continue Reading

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The new citizenship bill for Sahrawis touches a sensitive fault line in Madrid’s ties with Rabat., Spain’s Congress has approved a bill that would open a special route to Spanish citizenship for Sahrawis born in Western Sahara while the disputed territory was under Spanish occupation. The bill passed by 168Continue Reading

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran is not at war with Saudi Arabia., Iran’s Pezeshkian: ‘We are not at war with Saudi Arabia’ NewsFeed Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran is not at war with Saudi Arabia and that the Houthis have ‘their own issues’. He called for regional countriesContinue Reading

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Susan Solomon, the Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies at MIT, has been named the 2026 Tang Prize Laureate in Sustainable Development for “groundbreaking advances and leadership in atmospheric and climate sciences that shaped global policy for Sustainable Development,” according to the Tang Prize Foundation. The Tang PrizeContinue Reading