Ukraine's Starlink 100 mph Cap: Who Holds the Off Switch
Kyiv blames SpaceX, Musk points to Washington, and Eutelsat jumped about 23% in Paris. The fight over one speed limit exposes who really controls the satellites.
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Artemis II Saw Impact Flashes and a Moon That Isn't Gray
Three astronauts spotted five pinprick impact flashes during an eclipse, and described a Moon tinted brown, green and blue. A preliminary report.
K2-18b's Life Signal: What Webb Saw and What It Didn't
A three sigma hint of dimethyl sulfide made headlines. Most independent reanalyses of the same data don't find it, and the gas exists on a comet too.
Gooier Marine Snow Locks Away More Ocean Carbon
Bacteria struggle to break into the gooiest marine snow, so it sinks deeper. The headline sixfold carbon figure comes from simulations, not the sea.
Is Antimatter Escaping the Milky Way? Read the Sigma First
Faint 511 keV hotspots match gas clouds beyond the galaxy. If real, the Milky Way makes even more antimatter than anyone can explain. If.
Google's 890 MW Nuclear Deal Builds No New Reactor
890 MW of new power from upgrades at 11 existing units, first by 2028. The other 2,700 MW in the headline was already on the grid.
One Gentoo Penguin or Four? Genomes Split the Species
Genomes from ten colonies split the gentoo into four lineages. Three may lose most of their habitat by 2050, masked by one that is thriving.
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