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What if we sent a probe to explore a black hole? One astrophysicist believes it. Black holes are among the most enigmatic and mysterious objects in the Universe, and our understanding of them is still limited by the extreme challenges of studying them. However, a new proposal, published in iScience, from astrophysicist Cosimo Bambi of Fudan University in China might open an unprecedented path to exploring these mysterious phenomena. Black Holes as Cosmic Laboratories The black hole’s gravitational field is the most intense in the universe, so much so that not even light can escape its grip. While scientists have...

Explanation: One of the all-time historic skyscapes occured in July 1054, when the Crab Supernova blazed into the dawn sky. Chinese court astrologers first saw the Guest Star on the morning of 4 July 1054 next to the star Tianguan (now cataloged as Zeta Tauri). The supernova peaked in late July 1054 a bit brighter than Venus, and was visible in the daytime for 23 days. The Guest Star was so bright that every culture around the world inevitably discovered the supernova independently, although only nine reports survive, including those from China, Japan, and Constantinople. This iPhone picture is from...

The change comes just two months into the former Republican congressman’s tenure leading the tax agency.President Trump is removing Billy Long from his job leading the Internal Revenue Service just two months after he was confirmed as commissioner, according to four people familiar with the matter. Mr. Long, a former Republican congressman and staunch ally of Mr. Trump, is expected to be nominated to an ambassadorship, the people said. It is unclear who will next lead the I.R.S., which has had six different people in charge this year. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will serve as acting commissioner until a permanent...

TAMPA, Fla. - Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc announced it will move its 2025 convention from Orlando due to what it calls "harmful, racist and insensitive" policies against the Black community. It joins other Black organizations, like the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) who are relocating its conferences out of the state as well. Earlier this summer, the NAACP issued a formal travel advisory for Florida saying it’s "hostile" to African-Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) — A split appeals court panel tossed out a judge’s contempt finding against President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday in a case over deportations to an El Salvador prison.The decision comes after planes carrying Venezuelan migrants landed at the prison even after U.S District Judge James E. Boasberg said in court they must return to the United States.Boasberg found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal contempt of court. The ruling marked a dramatic battle between the judicial and executive branches of government. But the divided three-judge panel in the nation’s capital found that Boasberg had...

Lovell was part of a total of four space missions: Gemini VII, Gemini XII, Apollo 8 and Apollo 13. NASA Astronaut Jim Lovell, who famously led the historic Apollo 13 moon mission, died on Thursday at the age of 97, his family announced Friday.Lovell was part of a total of four space missions: Gemini VII, Gemini XII, Apollo 8 and Apollo 13. Lovell was most known for his calm leadership during Apollo 13's tragic flight, which experienced a major oxygen tank explosion far away from Earth.The astronaut's family highlighted Lovell's "legendary leadership in pioneering human space flight," and observed that...

In 1968, the Apollo 8 crew of Lovell, Frank Borman and William Anders was the first to leave Earth's orbit and the first to fly to and circle the moon. They could not land, but they put the U.S. ahead of the Soviets in the space race. During the harrowing Apollo 13 flight in April 1970, Lovell was supposed to be the fifth man to walk on the moon. But Apollo 13's service module, carrying Lovell and two others, experienced a sudden oxygen tank explosion on its way to the moon. The astronauts barely survived, spending four cold and clammy...

When the line between public and private is erased, politics is all about special favors. That's gross.If you want to understand the silly little scene that played out between Apple CEO Tim Cook and President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday, you might start by remembering something that Vice President J.D. Vance said two years ago. While attending a conference for nationalist conservatives, Vance offered an astonishing view of politics. The "idea that there is this extremely strong division between the public sector and the private sector" was flawed, Vance argued. In reality, he went on to say,...

Authorities said that a woman gunned down her husband after she claimed to have found photos and messages "indicating" that he was having an affair. The woman, 50-year-old Nicole Ward, allegedly told her husband, 53-year-old Damian, to "pack his bags and leave the house," causing a verbal altercation to escalate, Law & Crime reported. Charging documents obtained by FOX5 state that Nicle Ward then allegedly blasted her husband with a .357 S&B Magnum revolver. The fatal shooting took place on July 19th, according to a press release from the Prince George's County Police Department (PGPD). Officers were called to the...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has authorized a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of mortgage fraud involving Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and New York Attorney General Letitia James, it was reported Friday. Grand juries in Maryland and Virginia, respectively, will investigate claims involving Schiff and James. Bondi named Ed Martin to serve as special prosecutor. Earlier Friday, Newsmax reported Bondi has issued subpoenas and impaneled a grand jury as part of a criminal investigation into multiple allegations against the state of New York, according to a source familiar with the matter who requested anonymity. Bondi is investigating whether Democrat James...

Speaking about Bonhoeffer to a reporter in 1970, Bethge said, “Americans make him a saint without seeing him as a man who had a dirty job to do.” Namely, plotting Hitler’s assassination and the overthrow of his tyrannical government. “Yes, he is a modern saint,” Bethge continued. “But it has little to do with the old idea of sanctity and purity. He was a man of action whose sharp theological insights and Christian responsibility compelled him to act decisively in the real world of dirt, difficulty and danger.” The primary weakness in Komarnicki’s depiction of Bonhoeffer is that, as played...

The ancestors of all modern humans split off from a mystery population 1.5 million years ago and then reconnected with them 300,000 years ago, a new genetic model suggests. The unknown population contributed 20% of our DNA and may have boosted humans' brain function...In a study published Tuesday (March 18) in the journal Nature Genetics, researchers presented a new method of modeling genomic data, called "cobraa," that has allowed them to trace the evolution of modern humans (Homo sapiens).By applying their new method to modern human DNA data published in the 1000 Genomes Project and the Human Genome Diversity Project,...

Something I learned on X, and confirmed. DOJ had a program where they would send people to threaten whites who had been the victims of an inter-racial attacks. Harmeet Dhillon and Trump ended this horrific and unlawful practice of harassment. ... But why just end the unlawful practice of harassment? Whoever came up with it, and all who worked within it need to be charged, fired, fined, and even some jail time…

Former South Carolina Lt. Gov. André Bauer (R) is suspending his Senate campaign that sought to primary Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), saying he doesn’t want to further contribute to division in the country. “But I believe now, more than ever, that in order for us to truly move forward, we must stop tearing one another down with lies and division,” he continued. “I cannot and will not be part of a political climate that rewards deception over honesty, or ambition over unity. God calls us to walk in truth, to speak life, and to be peacemakers—not power seekers.” Bauer said...

There was a kerfuffle a couple weeks ago involving criticism of Winston Churchill as a leader. I find it strange the way that conservative Americans treat Churchill as if he were one of the greatest American leaders, as the third in the sequence after Washington and Lincoln. I’m not the only person who’s noticed this. The academic Tanner Greer said, “The boomercon historical pantheon of heroes is something like this: Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II, Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln. Your pick among Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton.” Without taking anything away from Churchill, this is...

Aaron Veckey, a former Border Patrol agent, shares the painful truth of his whistleblowing experience. Despite his efforts to expose violations within the agency, the very institution he trusted to uphold justice turned on him. Rather than investigating the corruption, the Office of Special Counsel targeted him instead. @JamesOKeefeIII adds, “When the system is more concerned with protecting its own than doing what's right, whistleblowers become the enemy.”

U.S.-Russian dual citizen Ksenia Karelina, a former ballerina, said she’s been “really, really happy” since she was released from Russia in a prisoner exchange in April. Karelina was arrested in February 2024 in Yekaterinburg after returning to Russia to visit her family. A Russian court convicted her of treason for donating just north of $50 to a U.S.-based Ukrainian charity, and she was sentenced to 12 years in prison. The State Department, which previously determined Karelina had been wrongfully detained, announced in April that President Trump had “secured her release” and that she was “on a plane back home to...

BREAKING: Dustin Burrows, Speaker of the Texas House, announces ADDITIONAL penalties for Dems who fled the state: -Possible arrest -No direct paycheck deposits -Paychecks must now be picked up at the Capitol -30% of the office budget is to be made unavailable -Must appear in person to ask permission for reimbursements and approve newsletters Hold them accountable!

So she's now calling her own staffers racist and sexist? LOL. The NYP is reporting that staffers for Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett are BLASTING her for being a "diva" who mistreats staff and is "focused almost exclusively on being an influencer" instead of being a member of congress. "She is laying around her apartment, won’t come into the office" “I don’t want to hear Jasmine Crockett talk about helping black women when she just fired one for no reason!” “The only person that she thinks about and cares about is herself." "She doesn’t care about the local issues happening in...

“In most college classrooms,” wrote Alison King in a seminal 1993 article, “the professor lectures and the students listen and take notes. The professor is the central figure, the ‘sage on the stage,’ the one who has the knowledge and transmits that knowledge to the students. […] In this view of teaching and learning,” King argued, “students are passive learners rather than active ones.” And, she continued, “such a view is outdated and will not be effective for the twenty-first century.” Instead of the transmittal theory described above, King championed a constructivist theory of learning according to which “knowledge [is]...