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NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) demonstration has completed its final pass, although there is a chance the system might be reactivated in the second half of 2026. Carried aboard NASA’s Psyche mission, DSOC demonstrated how data encoded in lasers could be reliably transmitted, received, and decoded. On September 2, the final communications pass was made from a distance of …

In 2007, something strange happened over the eastern Atlantic Ocean. According to satellites orbiting Earth, our planet’s gravity field developed a continent-scale anomaly before subsiding to its original state. The odd event, undetectable to humans on the surface, has only just been discovered in data collected by gravity-monitoring satellites – and the cause was a tremendous redistribution of mass far …

In 2007, something strange happened over the eastern Atlantic Ocean. According to satellites orbiting Earth, our planet’s gravity field developed a continent-scale anomaly before subsiding to its original state. The odd event, undetectable to humans on the surface, has only just been discovered in data collected by gravity-monitoring satellites – and the cause was a tremendous redistribution of mass far …

A version of this story first published in April 2018. Long before former FBI Director James Comey became a target of President Donald Trump, he was a much-admired high school student in Bergen County who played on the basketball team and wrote for the student newspaper. Comey, 64, who grew up in Allendale, was indicted on Thursday by a federal …

What started as a routine cleaning job turned into a once-in-a-lifetime discovery for Jennifer Dowker, a boat captain and scuba instructor in Cheboygan, Michigan. While cleaning the hull of her glass-bottom tour boat, she spotted a small green bottle resting on the riverbed. Curious, she dove down and retrieved it—only to find a delicate, handwritten note inside. To her surprise, …

Jasper City Schools officials are responding to a tuberculosis case that was identified at Jasper High School on Friday. School will continue as normal with “deep cleaning and sanitizing,” and officials announced in a recent release that they are following public health protocol to ensure the safety of students and staff. The school recently sent letters home to all potential …

A maelstrom of star formation close to the center of our galaxy has been revealed in two different wavelengths by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), its beautiful images highlighting the intensity of star-birth in the region and deepening the mystery of why star formation at the very heart of our galaxy is so sluggish. Sagittarius B2 is a dense …

Microplastics are now so ubiquitous we’re drinking, eating, and inhaling them. As a result, they’re showing up in our poop, placentas, reproductive organs, and brains. Now these fossil-fuel-derived particles, less than 5 mm in size, have been found deep within our bones. A new review of 62 studies suggests microplastics and smaller nanoplastics are impacting our skeletal health in multiple …

Scientists sound alarm after making unsettling discovery deep in human bones: ‘There’s a gap in our knowledge’  Yahoo The big problems with microplastics  1A | Speak Freely Opinion | You Are What (Plastics) You Eat  MedPage Today How Small Are Microplastics? We Put Things Into Perspective  Visual Capitalist Your Microplastics Questions Answered by Professor Andre Dick Vethaak  Technology Networks Source link

Imelda Muller was selected by NASA to join the 2025 astronaut candidate class. She reported for duty in Sept. 2025. Photo courtesy of Bill Stafford/NASA UVM Larner College of Medicine alum Imelda Muller is one of NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates, out of a pool of 8,000, the space agency announced Monday.  “With upcoming exploration missions, we are pushing the …