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The New Horizons spacecraft sends back its sensational snapshots of Jupiter, and its volcanic moon … More Io, before the mission’s close encounter with Pluto (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Universal Images Group via Getty Images The White House bid to terminate NASA’s leading-edge flights of exploration “across the solar system” threatens to explode American leadership in discoveries that have reshaped civilization since the rise of the first Space Age, says one of the world’s top planetary scientists. As space powers across the continents vie to map and image planets and moons, comets and ice-worlds circling the sun,…

Maritime experts appear to have finally determined the resting place of the HMS Endeavour, the legendary ship piloted by Captain James Cook, famed British navigator and explorer. In what likely has solved a 250-year-old mystery, a report released earlier this month by the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) pinpoints the wreck’s location just off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island. CBS coverage summarized the connections between Cook, the ship, and Australia’s keen interest in the location: Captain Cook famously sailed the Endeavour across the Pacific Ocean multiple times in the mid-1700s. He is remembered for his voyage to Tahiti, New Zealand…

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran’s nuclear sites on Saturday night, calling it an “illegal and unjustified act of war” against the regime. CAIR executive director Nihad Awad — who praised the October 7, 2023, terror attacks against Israel — said: We condemn President Trump’s illegal and unjustified act of war against Iran, which prioritizes the wishes of Benjamin Netanyahu over the American people and threatens to drag our nation into a wider war in the region. This attack, carried out under pressure from the out-of-control Israeli government, took place despite the…

Pope Leo XIV / Official broadcast Pope Leo XIV has seemingly rebuked President Trump over his decision to launch missile strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. The U.S. launched multiple strikes against Iranian targets on Saturday evening, with Trump urging Iranian leaders to come back to the negotiating table. “War Starts Right Now”: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Vows Retaliation After Trump Orders Bombing of Three Nuclear Sites Leo, who has held the papacy for less than two months, posted on the X platform on Sunday afternoon with a warning that “war does not solve problems.” “War does not solve problems; on the…

Kentucky Derby 150 champion Mystik Dan headlines a star studded Foster fieldDanny Brewer The Stephen Foster has long been one of the signature races of the Churchill Downs Spring Meet. Run since 1982, this mile and an eighth test for older horses on dirt began to really climb the charts in 1998 when the purse was bumped to an eye-popping $750,000. Always considered a logical launching pad for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, this race gained even more importance with the implementation of the “Win and You’re In” program in 2010. That means the horse that plays a winning tune in…

Saudi international relations expert Dr. Salem Alyami told Saudi news network Al Arabiya on Wednesday that the Kingdom’s major diplomatic concern at the moment is containing the Iran-Israel conflict to keep the rest of the Middle East from destabilizing. Interestingly, while Alyami threw in a few perfunctory shots at Israel for conducting a “blatant attack on a sovereign state,” his analysis did not suggest a great deal of genuine outrage at Israel, or concern for the fate of Iran, among Saudi government officials. The Saudis and their Gulf allies are calling for “de-escalation,” but no one seems eager to step forward…

Oil prices rose in early electronic trading Sunday evening as investors digested the impact of U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities—a direct escalation that injected new geopolitical risk into energy markets and reignited concerns over Middle Eastern supply. Brent crude, the international benchmark, surged as much as 5.7 percewnt to top $81 per barrel before settling near a 2.2% gain, trading around $78.80 as of early evening. West Texas Intermediate gained 2.4 oercewnt to about $75.60. Both benchmarks spiked following the news of the strikes and then eased as markets awaited Tehran’s response. President Donald Trump announced Saturday that U.S.…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called for President Donald Trump to be impeached over the United States launching strikes on several nuclear sites in Iran. In a post on X, Ocasio-Cortez claimed that Trump’s decision to “bomb Iran without authorization” was a “grave violation” of the U.S. Constitution. “The President’s disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.” Ocasio-Cortez’s post came after Trump revealed that the U.S. had…

The changes apparently boil down to a new color scheme and moving a dot in the website’s logo The UK government has come under fire for a costly makeover of its website, which reportedly cost some £532,000 (more than $700,000) for apparently minor graphic design changes.The work on the website, performed by global ad agency M&C Saatchi, resulted in the black header of the website turning blue. The logo received minor changes as well, with the dot in the ‘gov.uk’ moving up and turning turquoise.The cost of the seemingly minor tweaks has been harshly criticized by various parties, who accuse…

Photograph: Caroline Brehman/EPA New data from the City of Los Angeles’ Controller shows that anti-ICE riots across the city had cost taxpayers over $32 million between June 1 and June 17.  LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia tried to spin numbers on X, attributing the massive cost to the city to “ICE raids.” “$29.5 million or 92% relates to LAPD’s response to protests against ICE, including citywide tactical alert costs,” he said, failing to mention the violence by so-called protesters that spurred police responses. Police have arrested at least 561 people since the riots started earlier this month. He also mentioned…