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  • NASA Swift Telescope Rescue Flies on Final Pegasus XL:First Capture of Unprepared Satellite

    07/12/2026 8:57:13 PM PDT · by GenXPolymath · 5 replies
    Tech Times ^ | By Roger Satterfield
    "A robotic spacecraft built in nine months by Arizona-based startup Katalyst Space Technologies is set to launch no earlier than Tuesday, June 30, from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands on a first-of-its-kind mission to grab NASA's sinking Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and push it back to a safe orbit — the first time any commercial vehicle has attempted to capture an operational government satellite that was never designed to be serviced. "
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day - Galaxy NGC 474: Shells and Star Streams

    07/12/2026 12:58:38 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 14 replies
    NASA ^ | 12 Jul, 2026 | Image Credit & License: CFHT, Coelum, MegaCam, J.-C. Cuillandre (CFHT) & G. A. Anselmi (Coelum)
    Explanation: What's happening to galaxy NGC 474? The multiple layers of emission appear strangely complex given the relatively featureless appearance of the elliptical galaxy in less deep images. The cause of the shells is a topic of research, but they are possibly tidal tails related to debris left over from absorbing numerous small galaxies in the past billion years. Alternatively, the shells may be like ripples in a pond, where the ongoing collision with the spiral galaxy just to the right of NGC 474 is causing density waves to ripple through the galactic giant. Regardless of the actual cause, the...
  • Scientists Catch a “Jumping Gene” Moving Between Species

    07/12/2026 10:57:18 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 24 replies
    scitechdaily ^ | July 11, 2026 | Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
    The finding, made by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, shows that genes are not always inherited only from parent to offspring. Some genes can move, and in this case, the researchers directly observed evidence that a jumping gene can pass between species, from predator to prey. Jumping genes are genetic parasites found in bacteria, plants, animals, and humans. They can be released inside cells as small RNA molecules from ribonucleic acid (RNA), then use specialized mechanisms to insert themselves into other parts of the genome. When they land in a new place, they can...
  • New evidence of early humans found in Oregon dates back 18,250 years

    07/12/2026 10:51:18 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 27 replies
    unexplained-mysteries.com ^ | 07/12/2026 | T.K. Randall
    Named Rimrock Draw, the site - which was thought to have once been an ancient rock shelter - is now believed to date back a staggering 18,250 years. University of Oregon researchers working at the site unearthed two stone tools made from orange agate as well as extinct camel and bison teeth. By Radiocarbon dating the enamel from the teeth, it was possible to determine how old they were. "This early date aligns well with the oral histories of the tribal nations in the region, many of whom have stories about witnessing geological events like the Missoula floods, a series...
  • Massive bull bison tosses Yellowstone tourist into the air like a ragdoll in shocking attack

    07/12/2026 8:16:40 AM PDT · by Libloather · 103 replies
    NY Post ^ | 7/12/26 | Anthony Blair
    A massive bull bison tossed a tourist into the air, seriously injuring him, in a heart-pounding caught-on-camera attack at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Video shows the unidentified man being thrown 8 feet in the air like a ragdoll by the wild bison at the Bridge Bay Campground Friday, Cowboy State Daily reported. The tourist was walking with his grandson when the powerful herbivore attacked. Video shows the man running around a copse of pines to try to escape the bull, which was giving itself a dust bath moments earlier. The bison suddenly charged the two tourists, and then viciously...
  • Why hasn't the Pantheon's dome collapsed? [13:33]

    07/12/2026 5:23:35 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 73 replies
    YouTube ^ | June 23, 2023 | Garrett Ryan, Ph.D (as toldinstone)
    An in-depth look at the construction of Rome's Pantheon and its famous concrete dome. Why hasn't the Pantheon's dome collapsed? | 13:33 toldinstone | 628K subscribers | 662,909 views | June 23, 2023Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:28 The purpose of the Pantheon 1:16 The design 1:58 Roman concrete 2:32 Quarries, contractors, and workforce 4:02 Foundations 4:44 Building the walls 5:41 Relieving arches and buttresses 6:35 Masterworks 8:08 Building the dome 9:51 The portico 10:54 Decoration 12:32 Insane Emperors, Sunken Cities, and Earthquake Machines
  • Does the process of sanctification include changing denominations?

    07/11/2026 3:42:32 PM PDT · by Jonty30 · 44 replies
    Today | Jonty30
    When you accept Christ, you are justified. However, part of the Christian life is repentance and leaving the old life behind, which is to my understanding sanctification. My question is, as you study the Bible and are trying to align your life with the Bible, does that mean you should change denominations periodically as you find the church you are part of having doctrines that are not in line with the Bible and find a new church that reflects where you are in your current state of growth?
  • A 13,000-Year-Old Comet Catastrophe May Be Depicted In The World's Oldest Temple At Göbekli Tepe

    07/11/2026 9:35:24 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 51 replies
    IFL Science ^ | July 10, 2026 | Benjamin Taub
    Göbekli Tepe was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018, and it's not hard to see why. Image credit: Resul Muslu/Shutterstock.com ============================================================================ Did a cataclysmic comet impact 13,000 years ago spark the rise of civilization? That's the explosive claim behind a study of carvings at the world-famous site of Göbekli Tepe, which researchers say encode not just a catastrophic comet strike, but the world's oldest solar calendar. Located in southern Türkiye, Göbekli Tepe is a pre-pottery Neolithic complex that is estimated to be around 12,000 years old. Analyzing an intricately carved pillar at the site, the study authors propose...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day - Messier 24: Sagittarius Star Cloud

    07/11/2026 12:27:25 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 7 replies
    NASA ^ | 11 Jul, 2026 | Image Credit & Copyright: Chuck Ayoub
    Explanation: Unlike most entries in Charles Messier's famous catalog of deep sky objects, M24 is not a bright galaxy, star cluster, or nebula. It's a gap in nearby, obscuring interstellar dust clouds that allows a view of the distant stars in the Sagittarius spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy. Direct your gaze through this gap with binoculars or a small telescope and you are looking through a window over 300 light-years wide at stars some 10,000 light-years or more from Earth. Sometimes called the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud, M24's luminous stars stretch across this gorgeous interstellar scene. Spanning over...
  • Ex-college hoops star, European pro killed after bullets fly at NYC basketball tournament: ‘We need more police’

    07/11/2026 11:55:51 AM PDT · by Libloather · 35 replies
    NY Post ^ | 7/11/26 | Marie Pohl, Tina Moore
    A European professional basketball player was fatally shot and two people wounded when gunfire erupted Friday night at a packed Harlem basketball tournament, cops and witnesses said. Kinu Rochford, a standout at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, was struck twice in the head at around 10:30 p.m. at the Kingdome Basketball Tournament in the Martin Luther King Jr. Towers on Lenox Avenue, police said. Rochford, 35, who was playing in the tournament, was shot while watching between games, according to cops. Witnesses said Rochford was struck the second time when he was already on the ground bleeding. Cops have...
  • Jon’s Prerecorded Farewell Message

    07/11/2026 8:44:37 AM PDT · by cgbg · 7 replies
    Jon Rappoport Archive ^ | July 10, 2026 | Tom Kudla
    Dear Readers, I know many of you have been hoping for more time. So was I. Today I write with news none of us wanted to receive. Jon Rappoport passed away peacefully on the evening of Wednesday, July 8, 2026. One week ago I wrote to let you know that Jon could no longer continue his daily publishing schedule. Two days ago I shared how I intend to steward his work. I now fulfill the final responsibility Jon personally entrusted to me. Several weeks before his passing, Jon recorded the message you are about to hear and asked me to...
  • The Roman Gold Mine that Ate Mountains [9:09]

    07/11/2026 4:12:30 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 18 replies
    YouTube ^ | July 10, 2026 | Garrett Ryan, Ph.D (as toldinstone)
    This video explores the spectacular remains of the Roman mines at Las Médulas, Spain. The Roman Gold Mine that Ate Mountains | 9:09 toldinstone | 21,693 views | July 10, 2026
  • Ex-Obama press secretary fired after allegedly swiping credit cards from colleagues to fund kratom habit (Fetcher)

    07/10/2026 5:57:53 PM PDT · by Libloather · 13 replies
    NY Post ^ | 7/10/26 | Anthony Blair
    A former Barack Obama press secretary was fired from his chief communications role in Minneapolis after allegedly stealing cash and credit cards from city employees to fuel his habit for kratom — a natural drug used to treat opioid withdrawal. Adam Fetcher, 42, was canned from his role as Chief Communications Officer (CCO) for the City of Minneapolis after just a year on the job amid a police investigation into internal workplace theft and fraud, as well as claims of substance abuse, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported. Fetcher, who made nearly $200,000 a year, is accused of stealing cash and...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day - Western Moon, Eastern Sea

    07/10/2026 1:04:23 PM PDT · by MtnClimber · 4 replies
    NASA ^ | 10 Jul, 2026 | Image Credit & Copyright: Guy Bardon
    Explanation: The Mare Orientale, Latin for Eastern Sea, is one of the most striking large scale lunar features. The youngest of the large lunar impact basins it's very difficult to see from an earthbound perspective. Still, captured on July 7 during a period of favorable tilt, or libration of the lunar nearside, the Eastern Sea can be found at the upper right in this sharp telescopic view. In the image, the large lunar mare is extremely foreshortened and stretches along the Moon's western edge. Formed by the impact of an asteroid over 3 billion years ago and nearly 1000 kilometers...
  • A Plan to Stop Solar Storms From Sending Us Back to the Stone Age

    07/10/2026 12:56:21 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 38 replies
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | July 10, 2026 8:00 am ET | Christopher Mims
    StormWall, which involves school-bus-size satellites and a whole lot of salt, could provide an ionic ‘air bag’ for the EarthIt’s the year 2040, and the Big One—a civilization-smashing solar storm of a scale not seen since the 19th century—is on a collision course with Earth.Far out in space, where geostationary satellites orbit, a half-dozen school-bus-size satellites crack open and start dumping barium, lithium or sodium. Within minutes, sunlight transforms this material into an ionized gas shield that slows the oncoming massive blob of plasma.Down on our planet’s surface, a would-be global catastrophe—potentially knocking out entire electrical grids—is reduced to a...
  • China lands reusable rocket for first time ever in net-like system

    07/10/2026 10:43:06 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 19 replies
    YouTube ^ | July 10, 2026 | CCP Via Space.com
    1:07 VIDEO AT LINK............ SpacEx has competition!...............
  • Long Island nurse who made $1.5M selling fake COVID vaccine cards slapped with $544K fine

    07/10/2026 8:27:48 AM PDT · by Libloather · 33 replies
    NY Post ^ | 7/09/26 | Brandon Cruz
    A former Long Island nurse who raked in $1.5 million selling fake vaccine cards during the COVID-19 pandemic was slapped with a record-breaking $544,000 fine from the state. Ex-Amityville practitioner Julie DeVuono, 53, who pleaded guilty to forgery and money laundering back in 2023 was hit with the massive penalty for a “large-scale” scheme where she hawked the phony cards to parents of 162 school-aged kids between November 2019 and January 2022, the state Department of Health announced Thursday. “This is the largest civil penalty imposed for vaccination fraud in the Department of Health’s 125-year history,” state Health Commissioner Dr....
  • Socialists want to turn AI into a $7B slush fund - realists know that would throw America’s greatest assets away

    07/10/2026 4:40:31 AM PDT · by Libloather · 10 replies
    NY Post ^ | 7/10/26 | Lydia Moynihan
    The AI industry is growing at a fierce pace, but so is skepticism about where it will lead, with some worried about data centers sucking up power and jobs being replaced with computers. Capitalizing on those fears, socialist wacko Bernie Sanders has proposed the “American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act” — which has grabbed headlines for claiming it will raise $7 billion and distribute thousands of dollars to every American. It’s a pie-in-the sky scheme, doomed from the start. Not least because it would force all major AI companies to hand 50% of their equity over to the federal government!...
  • A Follow-Up on a Sour Not-So-Green Clean Up in Sweetwater

    07/10/2026 3:34:22 AM PDT · by Adder · 10 replies
    Hot Air ^ | 07/09/2026 | Beege Welborn
    At the beginning of April, I did a little roundup of the current waste-disposal difficulties renewables were facing, both in solar and in the wind industry. The solar nightmare is incoming... By 2050, the estimated total boundary area required for 1.5 million wind turbines is expected to reach 3.1 to 4.6 million square kilometers - the combined size of India and Argentina. The obvious question regarding this transition—with its towering turbine skeletons, virtually indestructible composite blades, and billions of solar panels—is this: Just where will all this metal, silicon and concrete be buried?
  • Elon Musk’s plans to colonize space launches this year, and Tesla robots will be the first residents

    07/09/2026 6:12:14 PM PDT · by Libloather · 24 replies
    NY Post ^ | 7/09/26 | Will Zimmerman
    Trillionaire Elon Musk aims to have rockets blast off from Earth before the end of 2026, sending the first materials to the moon and Mars to start building colonies. The world’s first trillionaire is then planning to send robots to prepare the infrastructure needed for humans to survive. Musk said recently he has shifted Space X’s focus as it is closer and “much faster to complete a moon city,” with a timeline of getting it established in the next 10 years. However, he is optimistic he can also start sending material to the red planet within seven years too. This...