US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
The Burning Plasma Experimental Superconducting Tokamak (BEST) facility, which will house a compact fusion experiment device, undergoes its first exterior lighting test on September 9, 2026, in Hefei, China. (Getty Images)
United States Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy participate in a joint press conference after talks on September 6, 2026, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Getty Images)
Engineers work outside the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, on September 25, 2009. (Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner before their talks in Moscow on September 5, 2026. (Getty Images)
U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine (R) wave to supporters during a campaign event at the Charlottesville nTelos Wireless Pavilion August 29, 2012 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Alex
Republican nominee Donald Trump (L) speaks as Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton gestures on during the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York on September 26, 2016. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)