Daily Archives: Jul 4, 2026

Charles Mitchell

9 Strategic Revelations from Ukraine’s Novorossiysk Oil Port Strike

"Every oil refinery, every oil terminal that gets hit is millions of dollars less for the Kremlin's war machine," a source in the Security Service of Ukraine told Kyiv Post after one of the most disrupting attacks on Russia's Black Sea energy hub in months. The overnight strike at...
James Thompson

Olive-Shaped Shockwave Reveals Supernova’s Earliest Geometry

The elusive instant when a supernova's shockwave bursts through the surface of its dying star has been pursued by astrophysicists for decades, but it was captured in unprecedented detail this April. Supernova SN 2024ggi, erupting in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 3621 just 22 million light-years away, offered a rare observational window...
Charles Mitchell

Opposition to AI Data Centers Reshapes Energy Policy Nationwide

Projects delayed or blocked: The last three months have seen a remarkable ramping up of stalled or delayed data center projects. Between late March and June, $98 billion in developments were blocked or slowed, compared to the $64 billion total that had stalled over the past two years. This...