Adam Hagen - wctrib.com

Adam Benjamin Hagen, 44, of rural Benton County passed at home Saturday, January 17, 2026 after a valiant battle with cancer.

This Black Hole Jet Is So Powerful, It’s Shutting Down an Entire Galaxy - The Daily Galaxy

This black hole isn’t just pulling stuff in, it’s blasting material out. And what that means for its galaxy is more serious than anyone expected.

Quote of the Day by Stephen Hawking: 'We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But...' - 19FortyFive

Stephen Hawking’s 1988 “advanced monkeys” quote argues that understanding the universe—and exploring space—may be humanity’s best path to endure.

A Quick Guide To America’s Latest Space Toilet - The Autopian

I realize there’s a lot of things going on in the world right now that all demand a lot of your attention, but in the background of it all, this past weekend NASA slowly rolled out the massive rocket known as the Space Launch System (SLS), carrying the Orion …

Invisible companion leaves evidence trail around supergiant star Betelgeuse - CNN

Optical proof of a tiny companion orbiting supergiant star Betelgeuse is hard to come by. Hubble just spotted new evidence.

Scientists Discover “Master Regulator” That Could Help Reverse Brain Aging at Its Source - The Debrief

Scientists identify a "master regulator" that may reset Brain Aging by controlling tau and gene expression in neurons.

An electrically powered source of entangled light on a chip - Phys.org

Quantum technologies are cutting-edge systems that can process, transfer, or store information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, particularly a phenomenon known as quantum entanglement. Entanglement entails a correlation between two or more distant parti…

Comet Wierzchos buzzes the sun later today: But can you see it? - Space

C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) brightened significantly ahead of its close approach to the sun.

New quantum boundary discovered: Spin size determines how the Kondo effect behaves - Phys.org

Collective behavior is an unusual phenomenon in condensed-matter physics. When quantum spins interact together as a system, they produce unique effects not seen in individual particles. Understanding how quantum spins interact to produce this behavior is cent…

Redefining Risk: Lessons from Medicine, Money, and Spaceflight - The White Coat Investor

Achieving my lifelong goal of going to space was worth the 40 years of work it took to get there. This is how I made it happen.

North America’s Greenhouse Hub - NASA Science (.gov)

The expansion of greenhouses in southern Ontario is changing the appearance of the land surface—and the night sky.

NASA’s Artemis II reaches the launch pad and the countdown to the Moon begins - ScienceDaily

NASA’s Artemis II rocket has reached its launch pad after a painstaking overnight crawl across Kennedy Space Center. Engineers are now preparing for crucial fueling and countdown tests ahead of the first crewed Artemis mission. The mission will send four astr…

Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla received astronauts after splashdown - San Diego Union-Tribune

With its helipad capable of receiving heavy military helicopters, the medical center received the four astronauts aboard the SpaceX capsule that splashed down off the San Diego coast on Thursday

New Brain Drugs Mimic Psychedelics Without the Hallucinations - SciTechDaily

Scientists at UC Davis created a new class of serotonin-targeting molecules using a light-driven chemical method. UC Davis scientists have created a light-based technique that converts amino acids — the building blocks of proteins — into new molecules with ps…

Walking sharks break biology reproduction rules - Phys.org

New research from James Cook University has made the extraordinary discovery that epaulette sharks can reproduce and lay eggs without any measurable rise in energy use.

The fastest human spaceflight mission in history crawls closer to liftoff - Ars Technica

After a remarkably smooth launch campaign, Artemis II reached its last stop before the Moon.