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In early October, astronomers spotted something ancient and mysterious gliding past Mars. It was not a spacecraft or satellite, but a visitor from beyond our Solar System – an interstellar comet. Comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar comet ever observed. These types of comets are true outsiders from deep space. They were born around a completely different star, long …

Security researchers have resurrected a 12-year-old data-stealing attack on web browsers to pilfer sensitive info from Android devices. The attack, dubbed Pixnapping, has yet to be mitigated. Conceptually, it’s the equivalent of a malicious Android app being able to screenshot other apps or websites. It allows a malicious Android application to access and leak information displayed in other Android apps …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was holding a roundtable event with conservative influencers about antifa when Secretary of State Marco Rubio, standing in the back corner of the White House’s Blue Room, caught his eye. He had news for Trump, he said, but it would have to wait until after the media left. Then Rubio passed the president a …

(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Rev. David Black is among the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against ICE that accuses agents of using “violent force” on peaceful protesters in Chicago. The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois filed their lawsuit this week, accusing ICE of “escalating” violence against protesters outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois. Videos from a protest last month include …

IN A NUTSHELL 🔬 Researchers achieve a breakthrough by capturing quantum uncertainty in real time with ultrafast squeezed light. 💡 The technique combines ultrafast lasers and quantum optics, opening new possibilities in quantum technology. 🔒 This development enhances secure communication by making data interception more difficult for potential eavesdroppers. 🌍 Potential applications include quantum sensing, precise diagnostics, and innovative drug …

“It was definitely touch and go whether this was all going to come together,” Victoria Rome, the director of California government affairs for the Natural Resources Defense Council, told me. “It was a lot of complicated policy to put forward in a relatively short time frame.” The package reauthorizes California’s signature cap and trade program, rebranded as “cap and invest,” …

Just a few years ago, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) was expected to be the saviour of the oil and gas industry, as major fossil fuel firms invested heavily in CCS activities aimed at decarbonising operations. Governments worldwide have encouraged companies to invest in CCS in recent years, funding green energy projects to help reduce the carbon emitted from oil …

Scientists have released new images showing, in incredible detail, antibiotics defeating disease-causing bacteria by piercing the microbes’ membranes and infiltrating their innards. The antibiotics, called polymyxins, were observed forcing the armored membranes around Escherichia coli bacterial cells to grow bumps and bulges. The bacteria then shed their outer membranes, leaving space for the antibiotic to enter the cells. “It was …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌌 Scientists detect the heartbeat of a newborn magnetar within a gamma-ray burst, revealing new cosmic insights. 🚀 The discovery challenges the belief that gamma-ray bursts are solely powered by black holes. 🔍 Researchers identified a periodic signal that confirms some gamma-ray bursts are driven by newborn magnetars. 🌠 The findings open new avenues for understanding the …

Astronomers have captured the clearest image ever of the vast, powerful jet of matter erupting from the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy Messier 87 (M87). Astronomer Jan Röder from the Institute of Astrophysics in Andalusia led a team that used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to image the jet of particles expelled from M87’s …