NASA’s Voyager spacecraft carry golden records loaded with music and photos, to explain our world to aliens

On board each Voyager probe is a golden record, with sounds and images that show life on Earth. NASA/JPL NASA’s been slowly shutting down non-essential instruments on the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft to save power. Aboard each spacecraft is a golden record, with images, sounds, greetings, and music from Earth. The twin probes launched…

2 men who pepper-sprayed officers at the Capitol riot last year wept as a judge sentenced them to over 3 years in prison

Cody Mattice spraying a chemical agent at the Capitol riot last year. DOJ Two men from New York received 44 months of prison time for their involvement in the Capitol riot. Cody Mattice, 29, and James Mault, 30, pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers at the riot. As the judge handed down their punishment on…

Recommended Reading: Apple’s self-driving struggles

Inside Apple’s eight-year struggle to build a self-driving car Wayne Ma, The Information By now, you’ve likely heard at least some of the rumors about Apple’s secretive automotive ambitions. The Information spoke to nearly two dozen people about the self-driving car project to chronicle all of the development, demos, prototypes and staff departures along the…

Webb telescope snaps thrilling images of Jupiter and hurtling asteroids

New images from the James Webb Space Telescope prove the humongous observatory in deep space isn’t just capable of seeing cosmic objects extremely far from home. NASA released Webb’s first pictures taken in the solar system on Thursday, including Jupiter and zipping asteroids. Engineers snapped these shots during earlier tests of the observatory’s instruments. The…

Cheaper oil and gas won’t prevent a 75-basis-point hike as inflation runs rampant – and the Fed might get even more aggressive, BofA says

Decreasing growth and increasing inflation. DNY59/Getty Images The Fed is still going to stay aggressive with rate hikes this month even as energy costs come down, BofA said this week. BofA analysts expect a 75-basis-point hike, but said a 100-basis-point hike is still possible.  “[U]nderlying price pressures remain robust and unacceptably high relative to the…