Brendan Byrne

1 week ago | insiderpaper.com | Brendan Byrne

San Francisco has landed at the very bottom of a recent nationwide ranking evaluating how well American cities are governed, according to a financial services firm’s latest report. WalletHub conducted the analysis by assessing the “effectiveness of local leadership” through “determining a city’s operating efficiency.” Out of 148 cities surveyed, San Francisco ranked dead last at 148th.

1 week ago | cfpublic.org | Brendan Byrne

The pulsing signal that’s puzzling astronomersThere are several pulsating objects in the universe. But one about 15,000 light-years away was recently detected – pulsing and a puzzlingly-powerful rateIt could possibly be a pulsar – a spinning star ejecting beams of energy from its poles, picked up by observatories. All pulsars are neutron stars, and they spin and emit waves of energy in the galaxy. Even the slowest of pulsars spin at several minutes per revolution and rotate several times a second.

2 weeks ago | wlrn.org | Brendan Byrne

Updated June 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM EDTA crew of four is set to launch to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center Wednesday morning atop SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket in the company's Dragon spacecraft. The launch of Axiom-4, or Ax-4, is scheduled for Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. EST and is an instantaneous launch window, meaning the rocket must launch at that exact time to catch up to the station and dock some 28 hours later.

2 weeks ago | cfpublic.org | Brendan Byrne

A crew of four is set to launch to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Center Wednesday morning atop SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket in the company’s Dragon spacecraft. The launch of Axiom-4, or Ax-4, is scheduled for Wednesday at 8:00 a.m. EST and is an instantaneous launch window, meaning the rocket must launch at that exact time to catch up to the station and dock some 28 hours later. An attempt to launch the mission Tuesday was called off due to weather.

2 weeks ago | insiderpaper.com | Brendan Byrne

In a groundbreaking discovery, a team of Italian researchers has unearthed evidence of a second underground “hidden city” beneath Egypt’s iconic Giza pyramids, a finding that could reshape our understanding of ancient civilizations. This remarkable archaeological breakthrough, located approximately 2,000 feet below the surface, suggests a vast subterranean complex connecting the Giza pyramids, hinting at a sophisticated network that may predate current historical timelines.