Daily Archives: Dec 8, 2025

James Thompson

Rare Interstellar Giant 3I/ATLAS Speeds Toward Solar Close Pass

Rarely in recorded history have an object from outside the solar system been seen entering our celestial community. Now, Comet 3I/ATLAS the newest and largest such visitor is hurtling toward its perihelion, or closest pass by the Sun, allowing scientists and observers a brief opportunity to examine material from...
Charles Mitchell

How Could Snapback Sanctions Push Iran Toward an NPT Exit?

It started with a threat in August: European powers accused Iran of breaching "the near entirety of its JCPOA commitments" and intimated that they would activate the agreement's snapback mechanism prior to its October deadline. That mechanism embedded in the 2015 nuclear accord permits any signatory to reinstate suspended...
Charles Mitchell

From Stealth Bombers to Tiltrotors: 8 USAF Aircraft Revealed

It starts with a thunder that can rattle the ground a noise only a strategic bomber releasing its payload can produce. For several decades, the United States Air Force has had an arsenal both large and diversified, a fleet capable of controlling the air in any and all conceivable...