The dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, R. Tully (University of Hawaii); Image Processing: G. Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)) The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking image of an irregular dwarf galaxy. And while this galaxy might be faint and far away, it certainly takes…
Anthony Fauci | Scientific American
Anthony Fauci is an American physician-scientist who led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases from 1984 to 2022 and served as a key public health adviser during multiple disease outbreaks, including HIV/AIDS, Ebola and COVID. [This interview was edited for length and clarity.] How would you describe the…
Oldest Long Count Inscription Discovered On Monument At El Palmar, In Campeche, Mexico
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists at the ancient Maya site of El Palmar in Campeche, Mexico, have uncovered what may be the earliest known Long Count calendar date in the Maya lowlands. Carved into a stone monument, the date corresponds to August 31, AD 180. This discovery may provide new…
Humiliation for Putin as Ukrainian drones strike Moscow’s main oil refinery just ten miles from Kremlin
Vladimir Putin suffered further humiliation today as Ukraine struck the main oil refinery in Moscow. Drones breached newly-strengthened air defences in the Russian capital in a hit that coincided with the G7 summit in France. Flames engulfed the Kapotnya Oil Refinery just ten miles from the Kremlin, as smoke poured…
Widower’s ashes mistakenly scattered 200 miles from where he wished to be with wife in ‘crematorium blunder’
The ashes of a widower who wanted to be interred with his wife were mistakenly scattered 200 miles away in a devastating blunder by a Labour council crematorium. Mining engineer John Bishop, 89, was cremated after his funeral in Cwmbran, south Wales, and his son, David, planned to collect the ashes…
Live from the moon! How lasers connected us all to NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts on their epic lunar trip
The world followed the exploits of NASA’s Artemis 2 moon mission in near real-time thanks to a high-tech laser link between the astronauts and Earth that enabled high-definition streaming video and images. Transmitting data optically, in this case by infrared light, is referred to as ‘lasercom’, and was at the…
Could one of Britain’s most compelling cases finally be solved? As millionaire banker is arrested in hunt for Putney Pusher – why it took detectives nearly ten years to find the suspected jogger who pushed a woman in front of a bus
The dramatic arrest of a multi-millionaire banker in the ‘Putney Pusher’ investigation raises hopes of a resolution to a nine-year mystery. Horrific CCTV footage showing a jogger shoving a female pedestrian into the path of a double-decker bus on Putney Bridge in May 2017 quickly spread around the world. Detectives…
Trump’s birthday party poopers revealed: The A-list stars who skipped the president’s UFC bash after being named on Dana White’s invite list
Thousands of spectators descended on the White House on Sunday to attend President Donald Trump’s UFC birthday bash, but a number of A-list celebrities turned down an invite for the once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. Dana White, the president of UFC, revealed to TIME Magazine last month that he extended invitations to celebrities…
Watch SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule head home to Earth today
NASA’s SpaceX 34th Commercial Resupply Services Undocking – YouTube Watch On A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is scheduled to begin its journey back to Earth today (June 16), and you can watch the action live. The robotic Dragon will undock from the International Space Station (ISS) today at around 12:05…
JD Vance lays out ultimatum for Iran and warns Trump would not hesitate to resume bombing: ‘We have the cards’
JD Vance said the United States holds all the cards to Iran’s future and that Donald Trump will go back to bombing Tehran should they betray their impending deal with Washington. The President announced Sunday that the US and Iran had reached an agreement that would end the Iran war and promised…