A Revolutionary Struggle-era boat is being painstakingly rebuilt after centuries buried beneath Manhattan

A Revolutionary Struggle-era boat is being painstakingly rebuilt after centuries buried beneath Manhattan

ALBANY, N.Y. — Workers digging at Manhattan’s World Trade Center site 15 years ago made an improbable discovery: sodden timbers from a boat built during the Revolutionary War that had been buried more than two centuries earlier. Now, over 600 pieces from the 50-foot vessel are being painstakingly put back together at the New York … Read more

First celestial picture from revolutionary telescope

First celestial picture from revolutionary telescope

Ione Wells South America correspondent Georgina Rannard Science correspondent NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory The first image revealed by the Vera Rubin telescope shows the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae in stunning detail A powerful new telescope in Chile has released its first images, showing off its unprecedented ability to peer into the dark depths of … Read more

Who was Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief killed in Israeli strikes?

Who was Iran’s Revolutionary Guards chief killed in Israeli strikes?

Getty Images Hossein Salami was known for taking a hardline approach against Iran’s rivals, including Israel and the US Hossein Salami, commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in Israel’s strikes early on Friday, the most senior Iranian leader to die in the attacks. Salami, who was 65, was known for taking … Read more