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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Shadow and Rainbow
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (278+ words) Explanation: At sunset, an alignment of rainbow and mountain shadow was captured in this remarkable snapshot. The stunning view was recorded from a fire lookout on Smith Peak in the Plumas National Forest near Portola, California on July 13. Still, near…...
DEVELOPING: Several People Injured After Explosion in Monaco – Suspect Dropped Bags at Explosion Site
2+ week, 6+ day ago (123+ words) At least three people were injured in an explosion in Monaco on Monday evening. According to French media, the explosion happened after a person dropped off bags at the explosion site. The suspect is still at large. — BFM (@BFMTV) June…...
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Milky Way Urban Style
3+ week, 2+ day ago (251+ words) Explanation: In a cosmic vista you can never see, the Milky Way arcs through the night above Seoul, South Korea. Remarkably, this urban night skyscape reveals our galaxy's faintly luminous central region and dark obscuring dust clouds in spite of…...
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Starry Night II
1+ mon, 21+ hour ago (216+ words) Explanation: Does this scene look familiar? It is a modern recreation of the famous painting Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. Both the image and the painting depict a tall tree on the left, a crescent moon on the upper…...
Unarmed Texas freshman, 18, is shot dead inside his car during routine traffic stop - as sheriff's deputy is fired
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (522+ words) A sheriff's deputy has been fired after allegedly shooting an unarmed Texas freshman dead in his car. Brazoria County deputy Kevin Tippit was sacked this week following an investigation into the death of John Mendoza Jr, 18, on June 1. Protests erupted…...
Astronomy Picture of the Day - NGC 3660 and Burçin's Galaxy
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (122+ words) Explanation: The upper galaxy might be more photogenic, but the lower galaxy is more unusual. The galaxy up top is NGC 3660, a spiral galaxy similar to our own Milky Way galaxy in that it has several bright blue spiral arms…...
The Earth Moves Just a Bit
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (107+ words) “Operation Epic Fury was the loud one. Operation Economic Fury is the quiet one.... While the carriers were on television, Treasury was doing the actual demolition.” —Jesús Enrique Rosas on X And mid-week, it’s off to China for Mr. Trump…...
Astronomy Picture of the Day - The Persistence of Sunlight
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (121+ words) Explanation: This seaside sunset offered a surreal experience, captured in a sea and skyscape from the west coast of Sardinia, Italy, planet Earth. The Daliesque scene is a composition of sequential exposures made with a camera and long telephoto lens....
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Three Sky Arches over Snowy Alps
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (193+ words) Explanation: Why are there three arches across the sky instead of two? Last month, after being dropped off by a helicopter at a high mountain peak in the Alps near the Swiss Italian border, an adventurous astrophotographer expected two arches…...
I bought on line, a W11 hard drive.
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (142+ words) Anyway.... Having never seen anything like this before, I gave it and my old tower to my IT guy to transfer from the old to the new and I'm impressed with this technology. I'm having a devil of a time…...