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NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams are pictured outside the International Space Station during a seven-hour, two-minute spacewalk on March 18, 2026. NASA/Jack Hathaway Science preparation and procedure reviews topped the schedule aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The seven Expedition 74 crew members conducted a variety ofContinue Reading

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5 min read NASA-JAXA’s XRISM Telescope Clocks Hot Wind of Galaxy M82 The cool wind of galaxy M82 drives gas and dust up to 40,000 light-years from its core, as shown here using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes. The inset shows a ChandraContinue Reading

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This image captured by the L-band SAR instrument on the U.S.-Indian NISAR mission on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Seattle in the center of the image with Bainbridge Island at left. The satellite can peer through clouds to view Earth’s surface below. NASA/JPL-Caltech Seattle and Portland, Oregon, are among the cloudiestContinue Reading

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Indian opposition parties have staged a protest over the shortage of cooking gas triggered by the war on Iran., 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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Caroline Tracey’s book “Salt Lakes: An Unnatural History,” traces the history and decline of some of the world’s saline lakes, but also looks at how “queer ecology” can help us find our place in ephemeral environments. By Wyatt Myskow When Mormon settlers descended upon the Salt Lake Valley in 1847,Continue Reading

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The following story is co-published with Luke Savage’s Substack . I have little to say about the late Robert Mueller as a person, not just because I didn’t know him but because I count myself among those who believed, then and now, that the Mueller investigation was a colossal waste ofContinue Reading

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This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. On Monday, President Traitor 47’s Department of the Interior announced that it will refund almost $1 billion to a French multinational oil company. The company, TotalEnergies, had spent that amount during the Biden administration to secure two leases allowingContinue Reading