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Explanation: NGC 1333 is seen in visible light as a reflection nebula, dominated by bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by interstellar dust. A mere 1,000 light-years distant toward the heroic constellation Perseus, it lies at the edge of a large, star-forming molecular cloud. This telescopic close-up spans over two full moons on the sky or just over 15 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 1333. It shows details of the dusty region along with telltale hints of contrasty red emission from Herbig-Haro objects, jets and shocked glowing gas emanating from recently formed stars. In fact, NGC 1333 contains...

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors can’t seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a federal judge ruled Friday, foiling the Trump administration’s bid to see him executed for what it called a “premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America.” Judge Margaret Garnett dismissed a federal murder charge that had enabled prosecutors to seek capital punishment, finding it technically flawed. She wrote that she did so to “foreclose the death penalty as an available punishment to be considered by the jury” as it weighs whether to convict Mangione. Garnett also dismissed a gun...

A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar wind and our planet's magnetic field, upending a 20-year-old theory based on NASA's Apollo lunar samples... This surprising case of cosmic cannibalism is thanks to supercharged solar winds and, more importantly, our own planet's magnetic field...Ever since NASA's Apollo missions first returned lunar samples to Earth in the early 1970s, scientists have been puzzled by traces of volatiles -- substances that vaporize at relatively low temperatures, including water, carbon dioxide, helium, argon, and nitrogen -- that they found...

Dozens of protesters swarmed a California restaurant on Wednesday evening after mistaking TSA workers for ICE agents. The TSA agents, who were off duty and simply trying to have dinner, had to call for help because the situation escalated so rapidly. According to a report from FOX 11 Los Angeles reporter Matthew Seedorff, the incident took place at the Ten-Raku restaurant in Lynwood, where the federal employees were dining. The protesters chanted and surrounded the restaurant, with some waving Mexican flags. Seedorff, who was on the scene, attempted to speak with an apparent organizer of the protest, but they said...

Unsigned tabulator tapes and missing records demand answers On Wednesday, the FBI seized 700 boxes of Fulton County, Georgia’s 2020 presidential election records.Last month, Fulton County officials admitted they didn’t properly verify 315,000 votes in the contentious 2020 election, where Joe Biden won the state by a slim 11,779 margin.County attorney Ann Brumbaugh told the state’s elections board in a Dec. 9, 2025, meeting that the county didn’t properly sign tabulator tapes after the election, which was in violation of state regulations. Tabulator tapes are printed receipts from tabulation machines used to verify that the number of voters matches...

Together with 150 waltzing couples, André Rieu & His Johann Strauss Orchestra perform Lara's Theme & Light Cavalry live in Maastricht. André Rieu & 150 waltzing couples - Lara's Theme & Light Cavalry [video]

Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicizes a $12 billion hole in New York’s budget over the next two years—and draws some political battle lines.The honeymoon is officially over.That was the deeper meaning of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s somber Wednesday morning City Hall press conference disclosing the not-exactly-shocking news that regarding the next two fiscal years New York faces a $12 billion hole in the city’s finances. The budget gap itself was old news, disclosed first by Comptroller Mark Levine nearly two weeks ago—in an announcement whose details owed much to his predecessor, former comptroller Brad Lander’s final report, which had projected “a $2.18...

Bombshell revelation in the Epstein files shows Bill Gates was asking Jeffrey Epstein for "antibiotics" to give his wife, Melinda — because he contracted an STD from "Russian girls" The emails also mention a "description of [Gates'] p*nis" ABSOLUTELY SICK! No WONDER the Dems got quiet about the files. Their heroes are all over them!

Lawmakers are seeking answers about the director of national intelligence’s presence at a search of the Fulton County elections office. Democratic senators called Thursday for a briefing on why Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard joined an FBI search of the Fulton County, Georgia, elections office related to the 2020 presidential election.“What the heck is she doing on the FBI serving a domestic warrant? If this doesn’t concern the heck out of every American, it sure as hell should,” said Sen. Mark Warner, the ranking member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is requesting the briefing from Gabbard’s office. “This...

To every liberal calling Don Lemon’s arrest “an attack on journalism”, where were you when: - James O'Keefe - Nick Sortor - Nick Shirley - Cam Higby - Savanah Hernandez - Andy Ngo - Steve Baker and many others were physically attacked, arrested, or received death threats? "This is an attack on the 1st Amendment!" No, it's not. Don Lemon broke the law. Being a journalist doesn’t get you a free pass for committing crimes. Plain and simple. Nobody is above the law. Don Lemon belongs in jail. Cry more.

It is no secret that Governor Murphy has a grotesque obsession with abortion. Through both his words and his actions, he made it abundantly clear during his eight years as Governor of New Jersey that he harbors a depraved fixation on the killing of innocent children. To Murphy, there is no abortion too gruesome and no gestational limit that goes too far, and by his most recent action, that moral indifference now extends even to children who have already been born. So, it should surprise no one that, in one of his final acts before leaving office, the former Governor...

I took a few images from the 2 minute video for this post:Andrew Bridgen@ABridgenMore fraud uncovered in Ukraine a $3bn ‘redirect’ of aid for Ukraine linking the deputy prime minister who has been arrested, the EU and AstraZeneca. All ultimately benefiting Zelenskyy. You could not make this up - no wonder they want the war to continue. Please watch and share.Jan 29, 2026·

PEOPLE confirms that the Emmy-winning actress has died at 71. The Canadian actress's manager confirmed to PEOPLE on Friday, Jan. 30, that the comedy icon, known for roles in films like Beetlejuice, Home Alone and Christopher Guest mockumentaries like Best in Show, died at age 71. No further details were shared.

Don Lemon, a disgraced former CNN anchor, was arrested Thursday night in Los Angeles, according to news reports. Lemon’s attorney Abbe Lowell said in a statement released Friday morning: Don Lemon was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles, where he was covering the Grammy award. Don has been a journalist for 30 years, and his constitutionally protected work in Minneapolis was no different than what he has always done. The First Amendment exists to protect journalists whose role it is to shine light on the truth and hold those in power accountable. Instead of investigating...

Missouri filed a sweeping federal lawsuit on Friday arguing the Census Bureau’s practice of counting illegal immigrants and visa holders is unconstitutional because it dilutes U.S. citizens’ votes and bolsters blue states' representation in Congress. The lawsuit, led by Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, alleges that Missouri was robbed of one congressional seat after the 2020 census because the apportionment process, conducted every ten years, involves counting certain foreigners living in the United States. Missouri lawyers made an ambitious demand that the Census Bureau redo its population count from 2020 and exclude illegal immigrants and visa holders, and then recalculate...

Guest Article: The Crisis of Modern EcumenismThe modern ecumenical movement, particularly in its post-conciliar manifestation, has adopted a dangerous illusion: that the various Christian denominations represent equally valid paths to God, differing merely in accidental rather than essential characteristics. This irenic approach, pursued with increasing fervour since the Second Vatican Council, fundamentally misunderstands the nature of the Church established by Christ; the Catholic Church, built sub Petro et cum Petro. Pope Pius XI, in his 1928 encyclical Mortalium Animos, provided a prophetic critique of this very tendency, warning against a false irenicism that would compromise the integrity of Catholic...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and Policy. For over 100 years, American INDYCAR racing has set the pace for motor sports. With speeds topping over 200 miles per hour, the cars and drivers inspire awe and respect in all who watch this quintessentially American sport. It has given us racing legends such as A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti, and continues to thrill every Memorial Day weekend when people travel from across the globe to the Indianapolis 500, the...

One thing’s for sure: the lefty media can’t handle that President Donald Trump has the ability to shift the news cycle away from their non-stop propagandizing that his Immigration and Customs Enforcement carrying out its duties is supposedly his own personal gestapo. Media outlets like The New York Times, Qatar-owned Al Jazeera, NBC’s TODAY, CBS News New York, CBS News Chicago and Spectrum News all grit their teeth at Trump for daring to “shift the focus” onto the success of the economy during a speech in Iowa January 27. Apparently, talking up an economy whose GDP was projected to have...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries went off on DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, and it went as well as you can imagine: She should have never been confirmed. Shame on every Republican in the Senate who put this wildly unqualified person into a position of significance, the Department of Homeland Security, so she could unleash brutalization on everyday Americans, American citizens, and law abiding immigrant families. It’s disgraceful. She’s got to go. We are dead serious. She needs to be put on ice permanently. Democrats: Republican rhetoric is out of control. Jeffries: Noem has to be permanently put on ice. —...

COLTS NECK, NJ — After putting out a new song titled "Streets of Minneapolis" as a show of support for anti-ICE protesters, musician Bruce Springsteen issued a statement threatening to keep releasing songs until deportations were stopped. The news quickly spread across the country, with frightened Americans buying up canned goods and preparing to take shelter due to Springsteen's threat to continue putting out new music unless the trump administration ended all ICE operations. "I can do this every day, and nobody wants that," Springsteen said in a video posted online. "If you want to prevent me from releasing...