Mission

• Pada 14 April 2026, Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) menyelesaikan misi utamanya lebih awal, menciptakan peta 3D terbesar yang pernah ada berisi 47 juta galaksi. • Kumpulan data ini mewakili peningkatan enam kali lipat dibandingkan semua pengukuran galaksi sebelumnya, memungkinkan analisis baru mengenai bentuk dan ukuran alam semesta. • Terobosan ini dapat menyatukan fisika kuantum dan relativitas umum menuju sebuah teori segalanya (theory of everything), memposisikan US National Laboratories untuk memimpin sains global.

• Fadi Saqr dituduh melakukan pembunuhan massal terhadap warga sipil di Tadamon, Damaskus, di mana masyarakat menuntut agar ia diadili • Komisi hak asasi manusia Suriah tengah menyiapkan kasus yang menuduh Fadi Saqr, seorang pemimpin milisi dalam rezim Assad, atas keterlibatan dalam kejahatan terhadap kemanusiaan dan kejahatan perang, menurut keterangan seorang pejabat senior Suriah kepada The Guardian. • Saqr adalah mantan komandan milisi National Defence Forces (NDF) dan secara luas dituduh terlibat dalam pembunuhan massal dan penghilangan paksa warga sipil di lingkungan Tadamon di Damaskus, serta wilayah lain di ibu kota Suriah tersebut.

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