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An international team of astronomers co-led by an IAS scholar has identified what appears to be a universal rule governing one of the most dramatic behaviors of black holes: the production of powerful jets. The researchers found that black holes can launch jets at the same critical stage of their feeding cycle, regardless of their size. That includes “stellar-mass” black holes about ten times the mass of our sun as well as supermassive black holes that are millions of times heavier. The work was carried out by Andrew Mummery, Martin A. and Helen Chooljian Member (2025-30) in the School of…

The long-running financial standoff between Mexico’s offshore services company Cotemar and ABSG Consulting, a subsidiary of American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), has intensified, with the Mexican firm now turning to the New York State Supreme Court to restrict the U.S. government contractor’s access to nearly $60 million in assets. Olympus semi-submersible accommodation platform; Courtesy of Cotemar A new development in Cotemar’s legal action to recover $59.4 million from ABSG Consulting for unpaid work saw the firm submit a new filing, asking a New York court to suspend nearly $60 million in assets belonging to ABS’ subsidiary due to the Mexican…

The United Nations reported recently that global warming will soon exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius, the goal nations agreed to strive toward in the 2015 Paris Agreement. The best plausible outcome now is a peak near 1.8 degrees Celsius. Most projections are far worse. Scientists have concluded that even 1.5 degrees of sustained warming brings severe consequences (including extreme storms, fires, and heat), and that above it, the risk of unmanageable, irreversible damage rises sharply. Overshooting means much larger investments will be required to prepare for now-inevitable climate disasters. Yet this failure creates an opening. It clarifies that in the decades…

Brown, Bridget. “Live Updates: Trump Goes After Supreme Court for Rejecting His Push to Restrict Mail Ballots.” AP News, 15 Sept. 2026, https://apnews.com/live/supreme-court-mail-ballots-trump-news-updates-09-15-2026. Accessed 18 Sept. 2026.”President Trump Adds His Own Name to the Kennedy Center.” NPR, 18 Dec. 2025, https://www.npr.org/2025/12/18/nx-s1-5648519/kennedy-center-name-change-trump. Accessed 18 Sept. 2026.Semones, Evan. “Kennedy Center Closes Amid Financial Crisis and Trump Name Dispute.” Al Jazeera, 15 Sept. 2026, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/15/kennedy-center-closes-amid-financial-crisis-and-trump-name-dispute. Accessed 18 Sept. 2026.Sloan, Steven, and Ashraf Khalil. “Kennedy Center Board Votes to Close Over Finances and Trump Dispute.” AP News, 15 Sept. 2026, https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-center-closure-board-trump-ruling-1dfbfaac695f6817719477101b971a54. Accessed 18 Sept. 2026.”The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -…

CNN, MS NOW and Politico to sue over White House banMS NOW, CNN and Politico said they were suing the Trump administration ⁠to protect their First Amendment ​rights after ‌president Donald Trump’s ‌announcement that he would ban ‌them from the White House’s building grounds.The three news outlets said they had notified the government that they were ‌filing their lawsuit in the US District Court for ​the District of Columbia and could see emergency hearings in the case as soon ⁠as this week, according to ​CNN.All three news outlets had hinted at legal action, saying they would vigorously defend their First…

I was not able to test the AI failure detection, as none of my 30-plus prints failed (aside from a couple of mismeasurements on my end), but I did have occasion to view through the 1080p camera—if you download the free Bambu Handy app, it will store a little time-lapse video of your object being printed, which is fascinating to watch.In Living ColorThe “Combo” in the name refers to the Automatic Material System (AMS) that sits on top of the printer. (You can also buy it separately at $299.) It holds four spools of filament that auto-feed to your project—a…

Microsoft warned that the built-in File History backup feature in Windows may stop working on some systems after installing the September 2026 security updates. File History (introduced in Windows 8 and replaced by Windows Backup, which backs up data to OneDrive) automatically saves copies that let users recover accidentally deleted or damaged files using an older version from hours, days, or weeks ago. By default, File History backs up all folders under the user’s account profile (Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos, and Desktop) to an external hard drive, such as a USB flash drive, or a network storage location (NAS). In a service…

Near Protocol’s native token surged nearly 80% over the past week, outpacing the wider crypto market as the network expanded its privacy-focused trading services.On Monday, NEAR traded around $4.29, up about 78.2% over seven days and 22% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko. Total cryptocurrency market capitalization rose about 6% over the same seven-day period. On Thursday, Near Protocol said deposits and withdrawals for perpetual futures trading through near.com were now confidential by default. Near said the feature obscures the link between a trader’s funding wallet and a dedicated Hyperliquid trading account.On the same day, Near said near.com’s…

On Sept. 12-13, NASA’s Johnson Space Center employees brought the excitement and wonder of space exploration to Houston’s Japan Festival at Hermann Park.  For more than 30 years, the festival has immersed guests in traditional Japanese culture through food, dance, martial arts, music, and more, Johnson has supported the festival as an exhibitor for the past four years. Johnson’s booth showcased the upcoming Artemis III mission and its crew, as well as NASA’s plans for the Moon Base. Display included models of NASA’s Orion spacecraft and the International Space Station, along with interactive exhibits featuring space food and a real…

Jan De Nul is further expanding its fleet with the order of a new trenching support vessel, which will be an exact copy of its Isambard Kingdom Brunel, announced in March.Source: Jan De Nul With this latest order, Jan De Nul has five vessels under construction for subsea cable installation and protection, including two XL cable-laying vessels (CLVs), an XL rock installation vessel to protect the cables, and now two vessels for the burial of cables. Isambard K. Brunel, announced in March, is of an Ulstein design and will be built at the China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) shipyard. Both…