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Reddit Bans Paul McCartney from His Subreddit After Sharing Concert Photos

Mar 31, 2026 Dunja Đuđić

Paul McCartney has had a pretty eventful week. Two sold-out shows at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, a standing ovation or two, and getting…



Icelandair Is Searching for the Worst Photographer in the World

Mar 31, 2026 Alysa Gavilan

Icelandair is offering $50,000 and a trip to Iceland to find the world’s worst photographer. Here’s how to apply and why your bad photos might win.



Rubin Observatory Alert Triggers First Real-Time Follow-Up Observations

Mar 31, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

Astronomers have spent years preparing for the moment when the alert stream from the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) would begin driving real…



Rubin Observatory Begins Continuous Monitoring of the Night Sky

Mar 30, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

Astronomers have entered a new observational regime with the commissioning of the real-time alert system at the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. During early survey operations,…



Photographers, Meet the Wristwatch That Measures Light for You

Mar 30, 2026 Alysa Gavilan

Discover the LMW-V1, the world’s first light meter watch for photographers. Measure exposure, master manual settings, and track golden hour all from your wrist.



Spring in Space: Chandra’s X-ray Views of Six Stellar Nurseries

Mar 30, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

Star formation proceeds inside cold molecular clouds where gravity competes with turbulence, radiation pressure, and magnetic fields. These processes regulate how gas fragments into dense…



Hubble Telescope Unexpectedly Observes a Comet Breaking Up

Mar 28, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

In November 2025, the Hubble Space Telescope unexpectedly recorded the early fragmentation phase of the long-period comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) shortly after its perihelion passage…



Photojournalist Challenges FAA Drone Ban Near DHS Sites

Mar 27, 2026 Alysa Gavilan

A photojournalist is challenging an FAA rule banning drones near DHS sites, arguing the restriction limits lawful newsgathering and raises constitutional concerns.



Hubble Captures the Internal Structure of Barred Spiral Galaxy IC 486

Mar 27, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a detailed optical image of the barred spiral galaxy IC 486, revealing the internal stellar distribution, dust lanes,…



NASA’s Perseverance Finds Buried Ancient River Delta on Mars

Mar 26, 2026 Soumyadeep Mukherjee

Subsurface radar observations acquired by NASA’s Perseverance rover inside Jezero Crater have revealed a previously unknown buried river-delta system beneath the western fan deposits of…