Amazon Web Service (AWS) outages on Xmas Eve are affecting a large number of web services that use AWS. Many gaming sites are down. This is the 3rd major AWS outage this year. https://piunikaweb.com/2025/12/25/aws-outage-2025-december/ https://downdetector.com/ 1/n

Cosmic holiday garland by ESA's Euclid space telescope. The large barred spiral galaxy NGC 646 is located in the constellation Hydrus ~392 million light-years from Earth. The smaller galaxy to the left, called PGC 6014 is ~347 million light-years away from Earth and ~45 million light-years from NGC 646. At that distance, the two galaxies barely interact with other. Happy Holidays. https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/12/Euclid_s_galaxy_garland 1/n

This is an image of IRAS 23077+6707, a protoplanetary disk about 1,000 light years away, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on Feb 8, 2025. Nicknamed “Dracula’s Chivito,” the largest ever observed disk spans nearly 4.298 AU (643 billion km) — 40 times the diameter of our solar system to the outer edge of the Kuiper Belt. The disk obscures the young star within it, which scientists believe may be either a hot, massive star, or a pair of stars.

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NASA's Hubble Reveals Largest Found Chaotic Birthplace of Planets - NASA Science

Astronomers using Hubble imaged the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed circling a young star. The disk is nicknamed “Dracula’s Chivito.”

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Stephen Miller: “With a lot of these immigrant groups, not only is the first generation unsuccessful. Again, Somalia is a clear example here. You see persistent issues in every subsequent generation. So you see consistent high rates of welfare use, consistent high rates of criminal activity, consistent failures to assimilate.” This is not just about birthright citizenship. It is about deporting or removing rights of selected multi-generational immigrants.

Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem

As it seeks to end birthright citizenship, the Trump administration is arguing that immigrants bring problems that extend for generations. The data...

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On the 57th anniversary of the iconic pic of "Earthrise" taken by Apollo 8 astronauts, the image that changed our collective consciousness of Earth and ourselves, let's pledge to redouble our efforts to turn things around, nudge the world back towards green energy and a reduced energy footprint, and replace hatred with kindness. Part of the plan must be to boot these anti-science grifters from the White House, Congress and state and local offices everywhere."

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Attached: 1 image "Earthrise" - captured on Dec. 24, 1968 by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders. Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders...

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Launch of the AST SpaceMobile Bluebird 6 smartphone satellite tonight at 03:34 UTC (10:24 p.m. EST) atop an LVM3 rocket from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The planned LEO constellation will allow comms for unmodified smartphones at peak rates of 120 Mbps. The satellite with its huge 223 sq meter phased array antenna beats the record held by the previous satellite by 250%. 45–60 satellites are planned for launch in 2026, 243 total. More light pollution 🙁

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Next-Generation BlueBird - AST SpaceMobile

SCHEDULED FOR LAUNCH THROUGHOUT 2025 and 2026 Next-Gen Bluebird AST SpaceMobile’s next-generation BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver...

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