Daily Archives: Dec 15, 2025

James Thompson

Ancient Ice, Alien Origins: What 3I/ATLAS Reveals About Our Galaxy’s Past

What is the source of an older-than-our-solar-system comet consuming its way through our cosmic backyard? For planetary scientists and astronomers, the visit of 3I/ATLAS just the third interstellar visitor is igniting a science dash, using advanced spectroscopy and survey methods to explore its ancient chemistry, galactic history, and the...
James Thompson

NASA’s Tipping Point: What 287 Scientists Reveal About the Agency’s Future

Can an institution as venerable as NASA be threatened with an "extinction-level event" not by some cosmic force, but by a pen stroke of a budget mind? That is the question ringing in the corridors of America's space agency, as close to 300 existing and former NASA workers astronauts,...
Charles Mitchell

What Iran’s Hypersonic Missiles Reveal About the Iron Dome’s Limits in...

Speed plus precision plus payload equals strategic impact." These were the words of Iranian defense analyst Abbas Kharabaf to explain a missile achievement that has caused shockwaves along the world's military corridors. This June 2025, the Middle East's already uncertain security math was thrown into disarray when Iran's Fattah-2...