Pakistani man with ties to Iran is charged in plot to carry out political assassinations on US soil
A Pakistani man named Asif Merchant has been charged in a plot to carry out political assassinations in the U.S. Merchant allegedly has ties to Iran. He traveled to New York in April seeking to hire hitmen, paying $5,000 to undercover law enforcement officers who were posing as assassins. No potential targets are identified in […]
A Torrential Rainstorm Washed Over a Dig Site—and Revealed a 233-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur
– Heavy rains in southern Brazil uncovered the fossil remains of a carnivorous dinosaur from the Triassic period around 233 million years ago. – The dinosaur belongs to the Herrerasauridae family and was an eight-foot long bi-pedal reptile that lived during the time of the supercontinent Pangea. – This would make it one of the […]
10 new dead star ‘monsters’ discovered at the heart of the Milky Way
– Astronomers have discovered 10 new pulsars (rapidly spinning dead stars also known as neutron stars) located together in the globular cluster Terzan 5 near the center of the Milky Way. – Pulsars are neutron stars that emit beams of radiation from their magnetic poles as they spin, like a celestial lighthouse. Terzan 5 already […]