Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Aug. 1 that the Federal Railroad Administration will cancel two grants totaling more than $26 million for the Baltimore–Washington Superconducting Magnetic Levitation (SCMaglev) Project.
Duffy said…
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Skyrora gets UK launch license as first flight likely slips to 2026
TAMPA, Fla. — Skyrora has become the first British company to secure a launch license from the U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), though a lack of available launch pads could push its first suborbital flight from SaxaVord…
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Spectroscopic Orbits of Subsystems in Multiple Stars. XI
Adding to the large radial velocity survey of nearby solar-type stars (summary in Tokovinin, 2023a), spectroscopic orbits are determined for four hierarchical systems: HIP 49442 (inner and outer periods of 164.55 days and 34 yr, respectively),…
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How Massive Star Clusters Form and Evolve: A Near-IR Survey of the W51 Complex
We present near-infrared JHKs and narrowband H2(1–0) photometric observations of the W51A region, obtained with GTC EMIR, aiming to characterize its young stellar population, and provide mass estimates for individual cluster members and the…
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An Hα Cloud in the H I Tail: Recent Star Formation in the Outskirts of NGC 4258 Revealed by Nanshan 1 m Telescope
We present first-light deep Hα imaging taken with the Nanshan 1 m wide-field telescope on the local galaxy NGC 4258, alongside archival data from Hubble Space telescope (HST), Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope, and The Dark Energy Camera…
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Impulsivity shapes diet and gut bacteria in healthy adults, study finds
New research reveals how impulsive personality traits steer food choices and alter the gut microbiome, underscoring the potential for dietary strategies to support mental and gut health.
Study: Impulsivity among healthy adults is…
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NASA Releases Galileo: The Open-Source Multimodal Model Advancing Earth Observation and Remote Sensing
Introduction
Galileo is an open-source, highly multimodal foundation model developed to process, analyze, and understand diverse Earth observation (EO) data streams—including optical, radar, elevation, climate, and auxiliary…
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There’s One Simple Method to Reduce Alcohol Intake, Scientists Say, And It Works : ScienceAlert
Researchers have discovered an effective method of getting people to drink less alcohol: Highlight the increased risk of cancer that comes with imbibing and pair that with counting each and every drink.
This particular combo of ‘why to reduce’…
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East Asia’s Oldest Known Sauropodomorph Dinosaur Unearthed in China
Wudingloong wui lived in what is now Yunnan, China, around 200 million years ago (Early Jurassic epoch).
Reconstructed skeleton and representative bones of Wudingloong wui. Individual scale bars – 5 cm. Scale bar of the reconstructed…
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How to Watch One of the Most Dazzling Meteor Showers of the Year
Skywatchers are in for a treat: The Perseid meteor shower—one of the brightest and most active of the year—is about to hit its peak, according to the American Meteor Society.
The Perseids are an…
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