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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Introduced in 1994, the grilling ...
The Portland City Council rejected a woke lawmaker's plan that would have cut $4.3 million from the city's homeless-camp-removal program that aims to find housing for unsheltered people. An amendment ...
Astronomers at the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa have reported the first radio detection from interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. First a recap for anyone who isn't up to speed with our third ...
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The Manhattan-size interstellar object 3I/ATLAS exhibited signs of non-gravitational acceleration and appeared “bluer than the sun” as it passed our local star — which could be signs of an alien craft ...
The Victorian government has just introduced sweeping new planning laws that will substantially change who can object to new developments. The Planning Amendment (Better Decisions Made Faster) Bill ...
Election margins improve for Democrats in 2025 races Democrats need to flip three Republican-held districts in 2026 to recapture the House Redistricting in Republican states add to Democrats' ...
new video loaded: What Charlie Kirk Meant to His Young Supporters transcript “He actually played a big role in how I thought about politics, and how I put politics and God together. One day I was ...
Ever since interstellar object 3I/ATLAS streaked into our solar system, astronomers have been scrambling to understand how this likely comet got here—and more importantly, perhaps, where it came from.
Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS — which is zooming through our inner solar system — appears to be emitting its own light, according to Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb. The observation by Loeb, if ...
Nearly a month ago, a mysterious object was seen hurtling through the solar system and later confirmed as an interstellar visitor traveling toward the Sun. Several telescopes have since turned their ...