An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
A protester flashes victory signs as traffic slows during demonstrations in Hamedan, Iran, on January 1, 2026. The demonstrations erupted after shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar shut their businesses to protest the sharp fall of Iran’s currency and worsening economic conditions. (Getty Images)
President Donald Trump holds up a copy of a 2025 National Trade Estimate Report as he speaks at an event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
A telescope at the quantum communication ground station in Xinglong, north China's Hebei Province, January 18, 2017 (Xinhua/Jin Liwang via Getty Images)
A general view of the Huawei stand, during the Mobile World Congress, on February 27, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain (Joan Cros Garcia/Corbis via Getty Images)
Ari Dyckovsky, 17, works on quantum physics experiments in the Physical Measurement Lab, March 5, 2012 in Gaithersburg, MD (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images)