UK astronaut #JohnMcFall could become the first person with a physical disability to live in orbit, thanks to an agreement signed between the UK government and US commercial space company #Vast: #Haven1 (not launched yet!) as early as next year.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Unknown Mortal Orchestra:
🎵 Can’t Keep Checking My Phone
#UnknownMortalOrchestra
https://sakr.bandcamp.com/track/unknown-mortal-orchestra-cant-keep-checking-my-phone-sakr-ding-dub-rmx
https://open.spotify.com/track/3IGidq5qjagmNmwFsmNeIn
🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Cousines like Shit:
🎵 Hair on Coffee
#NowPlaying #CousineslikeShit
https://open.spotify.com/track/5hKBkozQZ6EykWJawhK5N0
Japan commits up to $6.16B over five years to Noetra, a consortium led by SoftBank, Honda, NEC, and Sony, to develop a domestic AI foundation model by 2027 (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/techn
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AstralPlane
Foxygen:
🎵 Cosmic Vibrations
#Foxygen
https://foxygen.bandcamp.com/track/cosmic-vibrations
https://open.spotify.com/track/6UE9b79d6Ctas3w1xbsnbU
Revisiting GW170817 at Milliarcsecond Scale - High-precision Constraints on Jet Geometry and #H0: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae706c -> New measurement brings us closer to understanding the Universe’s rate of expansion: https://www.swinburne.edu.au/news/2026/06/new-measurement-brings-us-closer-to-understanding-the-universes-rate-of-expansion/
The multiwavelength structure of post-starburst #galaxies at 0.5 < z < 3 with JWST PRIMER - compact morphologies and residual disturbances: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.00085 -> New research using the James Webb Space Telescope reveals the violent origins of recently quenched galaxies: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/new-research-using-the-james-webb-space-telescope-reveals-the-violent-origins-of-recently-quenched-galaxies
Reducing the impact of #satellite brightness for astronomy - laboratory characterization and simulations: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/550/1/stag1136/8722194 ("a passive, material-based mitigation strategy based on an ultra-black, aerospace-qualified coating") -> Scourge of satellites could be mitigated with help of ultra-black coating: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/scourge-satellites-could-be-mitigated-help-ultra-black-coating