WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * A-10's take fini flight at Davis-Monthan AFB * DAVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. (AFNS) - The familiar growl of the A-10C Thunderbolt II echoed across southern Arizona one final time July 29, as Airmen and local civic leaders gathered at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base to witness the aircraft's final flight, marking the end of nearly five decades of A-10 operations at the installation. "It's not a place. It's not pe  more

MENLO PARK, California, July 31 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * DOE-NSF Rubin Observatory opens a deep window on a famous cosmic field * Read this release on the Vera C. Rubin Observatory website(external link) Packed into this single image from Rubin Observatory are many different kinds of galaxies: spirals with delicate arms, smooth elliptical galaxies, distorted merging galaxies, and faint red galaxies from the distant universe. Only a  more