From the December 2025 issue
Stellar spectral types originally followed alphabetical order, but as astronomers observed more stars, some categories changed.
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What is the origin of the letters used in star classification?
Families of Bondi Beach victims demand major federal inquiry on antisemitism and security failures
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Families of victims of the recent Sydney massacre that targeted a Jewish festival released an open letter on Monday calling for more federal action to investigate a rise in antisemitism and the…
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ACCN’s “We’re No. 1: 1993 UNC Tar Heels” Coming Jan. 10
We’re No. 1! 1993 North Carolina Tar Heels, a documentary chronicling the national championship-winning Tar Heels men’s basketball team will debut Saturday, January 10 at 8 p.m. ET on ACC Network immediately following the game between Wake…
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Pakistan police detain teen girl radicalized online in suspected suicide bombing plot
KARACHI, Pakistan — Police in Pakistan detained a teenage girl who was radicalized and recruited online by an outlawed separatist group to carry out a “major suicide attack,” authorities said Monday.
No criminal charges will be filed and she…
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YouTube’s cofounder and former tech boss doesn’t want his kids to watch short videos
- YouTube cofounder Steve Chen is one of the latest tech trailblazers to warn about social media’s impact on kids. Chen noted in a talk that short-form video “equates to shorter attention spans” and said he wouldn’t want his own kids to…
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Stock Market Today: Silver and Gold Futures Slide; Dow Slips — Live Updates – The Wall Street Journal
- Stock Market Today: Silver and Gold Futures Slide; Dow Slips — Live Updates The Wall Street Journal
- Precious metals drop amid profit taking; silver, platinum retreat from record highs Reuters
- Global Markets Steady as Gold Pulls Back, Oil Firms and FX Reacts to Policy Signals Forex Factory
- Profit-taking price pressure on gold, silver KITCO
- Gold Extends Sharp Drop TradingView — Track All Markets
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Pitt State Men Usher in 2026 on the Road
PITTSBURG — The Pittsburg State University men’s basketball team will return from the Holiday break by opening a…
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Armchair astronomers sought to hunt for stars being torn apart by black holes – Homepage
By Jonathan McCambridge, Press Association
Volunteers are being sought for an online challenge to help find stars being torn apart by black holes.
Astronomers at Queen’s University Belfast and the Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands are seeking…
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Central Park coyote takes stroll across frozen Turtle Pond in NYC
Monday, December 29, 2025 4:01PM
CENTRAL PARK, Manhattan (WABC) — A coyote was captured taking a morning stroll across a frozen pond in Central Park earlier this month.
Photographer Michael Silverstone caught the moment the animal crossed the ice…
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