NASA’s Space Reactor-1 Freedom keeps moving toward a late-2028 launch as the first spacecraft ever built to run fission power beyond Earth’s orbit. Announced back in March during the agency’s Ignition event, the mission pairs a compact reactor with hardware already under construction for the canceled lunar Gateway station. That reuse lets engineers hit the […]
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Mysterious Blinding Lights Near Mount Whitney Reveal Reflect Orbital Ground Test for Space Mirrors
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Residents around Lone Pine, California, looked up one recent night and saw intense beams cutting across the desert sky near Mount Whitney. Cars pulled over. Phone cameras came out. Speculation ran from military exercises to something far stranger. Officials later confirmed the source sat on the ground along Horseshoe Meadows Road, where a California company […]
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Photo credit: NASA/Chris GunnNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope turned its near-infrared camera toward a dusty patch of the constellation Cepheus and returned an image of NGC 7129 that lays out several stages of star formation across a single frame. Roughly 3,300 light-years from Earth, the region spans about 5.7 light-years and holds both young stars […]
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High above the Utah desert a high-altitude balloon released Sierra Space’s compact reentry vehicle carrying a bottle of whiskey and a software-defined radio. Both items reached the ground intact after falls from 35,000 feet and 68,500 feet, and recovery crews located them quickly. Those flights in May formed the first live tests in nearly two […]
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Hyundai parked the fifth-generation Tucson against the Manhattan skyline today, and the shape alone explains why the company is calling this its boldest SUV. Soft curves from the last model give way to flat door skins, squared fender flares, and a stance that reads closer to a trail rig than a mall crossover. Hyundai labels […]
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A year of weather balloons, cheap helium, and one brand-new 360 camera produced footage from roughly 110,000 to 120,000 feet. MAKE. ART. NOW. spent twelve months lofting Insta360 gear on 1,500-gram latex balloons aimed at a 115,000-foot burst, and the freshly launched X6 became the main camera for the last of those flights. Dual 1/1.1-inch […]
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U.S.-Iran war appears to pause as Trump gives space for talks to end Strait of Hormuz standoff
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5m ago Energy and stock markets breath sigh of relief as fighting halts, diplomacy retakes centerstage World shares were mostly higher Monday and oil prices slipped nearly 7% as the U.S. and Iran refrained from fighting while discussing a possible resumption of negotiations on an interim ceasefire deal. The Pentagon has not openly discussed […]
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U.N. ambassador Mike Waltz says pause in strikes against Iran is “giving diplomacy some space”
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Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said in an interview on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” the pause in strikes against Iran is “giving diplomacy some space” and “a little bit of time” to work. He said of President Trump, “He is a president of peace. He is giving diplomacy a […]
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Astronomers discover sugar in space that’s also found in raspberries: “Just floating out in the galaxy”
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The space between stars just got a little sweeter. Astronomers have detected a type of sugar in space that’s also found in raspberries and self-tanners. The sugar, called erythrulose, lurks in what’s called the interstellar medium: thin clouds of gas and dust littered between stars. Sugar does more than sweeten tea and powder doughnuts. Different […]
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LEGO Brings the Hubble Space Telescope Down to Earth
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Builders who follow space sets have another strong option arriving soon from the LEGO Icons line. Set 11382 comprises a detailed model of the Hubble Space Telescope, which rewards meticulous building and makes an excellent display piece once completed. This 1,252-piece kit is intended for adults and costs $139.99. It will be released on August […]