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Saudi Arabia bombed separatist STC positions in Yemen amid a push to take back control from the UAE-backed group., Skip links Skip to Content Live Navigation menu News Africa Asia US & Canada Latin America Europe Asia Pacific Middle East Explained Opinion Sport Video Features Economy Human Rights Climate CrisisContinue Reading

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Mass protests are spreading across Iran, but what’s driving them and where could they lead? Here’s what we know., Protests about the soaring cost of living in Iran have entered their sixth day after the rial plunged to a record low against the United States dollar in late December. AfterContinue Reading

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Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community COPAG Activities at AAS 247,… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups News & Events Cosmic Pathfinders Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources   COPAG Activities at AAS 247 2 January 2026 Cosmic Origins about COPAG Activities at AAS 247 Dear Cosmic Origins Community,Continue Reading

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News and Events News Releases Recently Published Blogs Newsletters Social Media Budgets and Reports More Upcoming Launches Media Contacts Receive NASA News Releases Sign Up Sign up to receive NASA news releases and other information. 2026 NASA News Releases NASA to Preview US Spacewalks at Space Station in January 3Continue Reading

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Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot admitted on Friday that it has been posting sexualized images of children on X, blaming “lapses in safeguard” for the content. “We’ve identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them—[Child sexual abuse material] is illegal and prohibited,” the chatbot posted, adding that “a companyContinue Reading

Nature carves colossal snowman in Siberia | Space photo of the day for Jan. 2, 2026

Russia’s coastline received a recent snowfall, resulting in a snowman shaped pile seen from space. (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey.) On June 16, 2025, NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite caught a chain of elongated, oval lagoons near Billings and Cape Billings on Russia’s ChukchiContinue Reading

Tractor beams inspired by sci-fi are real, and could solve the looming space junk problem

An artist’s illustration shows how an electrostatic tractor beam could be used to pull defunct satellites out of geostationary orbit around Earth. In reality, the beam would be invisible. (Image credit: Tobias Roetsch – gtgraphics.de) In science fiction films, nothing raises tension quite like the good guys’ spaceship getting caught in an invisible tractor beamContinue Reading