Moment a projectile struck a border area between Kuwait and Iraq, sparking a fire and sending thick smoke into the sky. The scenes emerged after Kuwait said it intercepted 32 hostile drones since dawn as Iran announced strikes targeting US assets in the country.
Published On 17 Jul 202617 Jul 2026
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A thorough comparison of quantum and classical machine learning models has been undertaken by Chuanming Yu from Hebei Normal University, and colleagues at Kyushu University and the University of Luxembourg. The study compares seven model pairs across both supervised and reinforcement learning tasks. Findings reveal the evaluated quantum machine learning models do not currently exceed…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope takes us 4.4 billion years in the past with this July 3, 2026, image of a young galaxy cluster, MACS J0553.4-3342. The cluster is composed of two actively merging sub-clusters, roughly equal in mass. Each sub-cluster is anchored on an immensely bright and massive elliptical galaxy, easily identifiable as the…
The longfin squid that ends up on your plate as calamari may have been caught in Rhode Island, but it’s likely traveled to China and back again for processing before being served. That example is illustrative of what’s known as the “seafood deficit,” a roughly $20 billion trade deficit due to the U.S. importing 80%…
Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon is set to embark on his first journey to space on Tuesday, July 15 (IST), beginning an eight-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) dedicated to advancing scientific research that could shape the future of human spaceflight and improve healthcare on Earth. Menon will lift off aboard the Roscosmos…
Red, white, and blue stars glitter like a sparkler being waved on a dark night in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. NASA released this image to celebrate the United States’ 250th anniversary, as the agency carries forward America’s legacy of exploration. Located in the outer halo of our Milky Way galaxy, globular…
Wally Funk, a trailblazing aviation pioneer who was denied the opportunity to become a Nasa astronaut and half a century later became the oldest woman to travel into space, has died aged 87. Funk died peacefully on Wednesday evening at her apartment in an assisted living facility in Grapevine, Texas, city councilwoman and close friend…