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Explanation: What if you could see out to the edge of the observable universe? You would see galaxies, galaxies, galaxies, and then, well, quasars, which are the bright centers of distant galaxies. To expand understanding of the very largest scales that humanity can see, a map of the galaxies and quasars found by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey from 2000 to 2020 -- out to near the edge of the observable universe -- has been composed. Featured here, one wedge from this survey encompasses about 200,000 galaxies and quasars out beyond a look-back time of 12 billion years and cosmological...

Locals used to say that Crawford Lake was bottomless. Its waters ran deeper than people could reach. Anything that dropped into the basin, it seemed, would fall till the end of time. Yet when scientists finally looked into the lake’s murky depths, they found not a void, but a mirror. Each line is a sediment layer. 2020 2010 2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 Locals used to say that Crawford Lake was bottomless. Its waters ran deeper than people could reach. Anything that dropped into the basin, it seemed, would fall till the end of time. Yet when scientists finally...

"Subtleties mean so much, and there is a stunning beauty in them." - Robbie Robertson (born July 5, 1943) Actress Diana Lynn was such a stunning beauty and was also born on July 5, but in 1926, in Los Angeles. John Curtin died in office as Australian Prime Minister on the same date in 1945. In a defining moment of modern Australian history a few years earlier, Curtin said: "Australia looks to America" in response to Imperial Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbour. National Security was the first thing on his mind then, but the cultural reasons for Australia to...

Our long slide toward economic oblivion continues, and survey after survey has shown that most Americans are deeply unsatisfied with the current state of the U.S. economy. Inflation is out of control, most Americans are getting poorer due to the rapidly rising cost of living, the housing bubble has started to burst, and the commercial real estate market is a giant mess. But employment is supposed to be our bright spot. The Biden administration continues to tell us that the unemployment rate is less than 4 percent and that there are lot of jobs available for those that want them....

A July 4 parade in a Washington state city had to be re-routed to avoid a fentanyl-riddled homeless encampment for 'everyone's safety'. The 100th anniversary July 4 parade route in Burien, just south of Seattle, was altered to avoid a homeless encampment of up to 20 tents, according to local media. It comes as Burien cannot remove the encampment due to not having the authority to stop people living on city land - as it does not have a law that prohibits camping on public property. Debra George, who leads Discover Burien, a coalition of business owners who made the...

BBC malice Anja Gadgil, in her promoting antisemitic bloodlibel (as if IDF just "wants to" or "happy to", etc.), quoted (on July 4, 2023) the UN in terming the butchers as "children," ... The very infamous UNRWA who shares responsibility in Arab Jihadi crimes on their own people and on Israelis. A day after that vile anti-Semitic slur/idea, Jeremy Bowen "avenging" BBC was in overdrive presenting the gunmen as heroes. From his reporting which was a mishmash of chronology and Shahid propaganda, you might get confused from the rambling that the 18 years old Arabs are "refugees" since 1948 -...

A DoorDash customer who was sworn at on her own porch by an 'entitled' driver for giving a 25 percent tip on a $20 Pizza Hut order is a disabled military veteran. Mom-of-two Lacey Purciful, 38, told DailyMail.com that she was in a head-on collision in March with an alleged drunk driver, and currently has serious injuries to her spinal cord. Because of this, she can't cook and has been relying on DoorDash to feed her family. She was left stunned after Corey, the now-fired worker, suggested someone living in a $500,000 home should have been more generous in a...

After a telemarketer swore at his son nearly 10 years ago, Roger Anderson set out to cause robocallers, telephone fraudsters and scammers as many problems as possible. His solution was to create an artificial intelligence call-deflection system that puts incoming spam calls on the line with a ChatGPT-powered personality, keeping fraudsters talking in circles as they attempt to extract financial information from a chatbot. "This is really an incredibly silly idea," Anderson, who founded the Jolly Roger Telephone Company, told Fox News. "But in a way, I think it's the only way to combat unsolicited telemarketing because we just can't...

The suspected Philadelphia mass shooter told police that his deadly rampage earlier this week was an attempt to fight the city's gun violence crisis. Police say 40-year-old Kimbrady Carriker wore a bulletproof vest and was armed with two ghost guns - an AR-15-style rifle and a handgun - as he stalked an area spanning several blocks in the Kingsessing section of Philadelphia, where he allegedly shot seven people, killing five of them. Carriker, a cross-dresser obsessed by guns, was taken into custody 10 minutes after police arrived on the scene and was arraigned Wednesday on five counts of murder. In...

Madrid-based Prisoners Defenders, an NGO focused on Cuban human rights, reported that the Cuban and Russian governments signed an agreement in which Cuba would send soldiers to join the war in Ukraine. Such a development raises many important questions. The Wagner Group’s dramatic failed mutiny displayed something the Kremlin knew long ago: the group, including its leader, Yevgeny Prighozin, has become a problem for Russia, particularly on the Ukrainian front. The group had little military training and served as cannon fodder in the war. Thousands of its fighters fell in battle. Wagner was convenient to Russia, as many of its...

US health officials were criticized today for advocating that trans women can breastfeed — without highlighting the health risks to the baby. Several information pages on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website appear to endorse 'chestfeeding' — a term used to describe feeding an infant milk directly from the breast by trans and non-binary parents. One section, titled 'Health Equity Considerations', claims 'an individual does not need to have given birth to breastfeed or chestfeed.' Another section in a Q&A about breast surgery, titled 'Can transgender parents who have had breast surgery breastfeed or chestfeed their infants?',...

A biological male who was convicted of raping two women has complained about allegedly suffering transphobic abuse after being sent to a male prison. Adam Graham, who began identifying as a female named Isla Bryson after being charged with raping two women, has sent letters to the British media complaining about alleged transphobia within His Majesty’s Prison Edinburgh, which he was sent to after initially being placed in a female prison. Speaking to the Mail on Sunday for a fee of £1,000, the 31-year-old rapist said: “I’m not doing too good because of abuse from the staff members all because...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced that the state will no longer recognize a number of out-of-state driver licenses that are given to illegal immigrants, enacting restrictions in legislation passed earlier this year. DeSantis, who is also running for president in 2024, announced that the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has published a list of out-of-state license classes that are now invalid in Florida. That list targets certain licenses given to illegal immigrants in Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island and Vermont. It does not apply to typical driver licenses, but those with certain limitations -- including...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was barraged with questions from reporters about the cocaine that was allegedly found in the West Wing over the weekend. "Can you give any more details on whether the Secret Service found the cocaine in the West Wing and how it found it?" Associated Press reporter Josh Boak kicked off the line in inquiries. "So, as you know, vthis is under the purview of the Secret Service," Jean-Pierre responded. "They are currently investigating what happened over the weekend. So I would have to refer you to the Secret Service on all of this."

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, looking to shift his run for president into a higher gear after an early series of missteps, spent the last two weeks rolling out an immigration policy and holding town halls with voters. But rather than correcting course, he stumbled again this week, raising questions about where his campaign is heading. First, Mr. DeSantis’s team was forced to battle allegations, including from fellow Republicans, that it had shared a “homophobic” video on social media. Then, a top spokesman for the main super PAC supporting Mr. DeSantis acknowledged that former President Donald J. Trump was the...

“The Hidden Treasure of the Church”: Major New Polish Film on the TLMOn May 13, 2023, an organization called Trudno Być Katolikiem (It’s Hard to Be Catholic) released a Latin Mass documentary in Polish (with English subtitles) called The Hidden Treasure of the Church. Professionally produced, involving dozens of priests and laity, and clocking in at one hour and fifteen minutes, it certainly represents the most ambitious film on the TLM since Episodes 1 and 2 of Mass of the Ages. It has struck a chord with viewers: as of writing, the YouTube video has 230,000 views, with 11,000 likes...

Hollywood is no stranger to the romanticization of the mafia. With the gangster genre producing some of the industry’s most well-liked movies, it’s not hard to see how audiences’ perceptions of criminals and mob bosses have been easily influenced. While many notable films are based on fictitious accounts, A Bronx Tale was born from a real-life mobster shooting. Famed actor and writer Chazz Palminteri shares how he drew inspiration from his encounters with the mafia growing up in order to write the beloved film. He takes a look at Hollywood’s portrayal of the mob in movies and discusses what the...

"Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God." "For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. "For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do...

Screenshots of what purports to be the Titan submersible’s final communications before its tragic destruction have gone viral online. The unconfirmed script alleges to reveal the final words shared between someone on board the sub – presumably OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush – and the team on board its mothership the Polar Prince. The document has raised a number of concerns, most notably by suggesting that passengers were aware of issues with the vessel some 18 minutes before its devastating implosion.

Elder said he doesn't view California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) as a viable second option to BidenDemocrats are stuck with Kamala Harris, voters will resent party if she's kicked to curb: Larry Elder GOP presidential candidate Larry Elder tells Sunday Morning Futures guest host Jason Chaffetz why he is most qualified to be the partys 2024 nominee. Kamala Harris' future ticket to 2024 might already be punched thanks to Black voters. Whether she's on the ticket in the VP slot or on the upper end and running for president, Republican presidential candidate Larry Elder said Sunday that voters can rest...