Similar in size to large, bright spiral galaxies in our neighborhood, IC 342 is a mere 10 million light-years distant toward the long-necked, northern constellation Camelopardalis. A sprawling island universe, IC 342 would otherwise be a prominent galaxy in our night sky, but it is hidden from clear view and only glimpsed through the veil of stars, gas and dust clouds along the plane of our own Milky Way galaxy. Even though IC 342’s light is dimmed and reddened by intervening cosmic clouds, this sharp telescopic image traces the galaxy’s own obscuring dust, young star clusters, and glowing star forming regions along spiral arms that wind far from the galaxy’s core. IC 342 has undergone a recent burst of star formation activity and is close enough to have influenced the evolution of the local group of galaxies and the Milky Way. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/4jsh52W
https://www.youtube.com/watch/NNhJ_wmOhhw Ian Bremmer: Trump’s “Political Revolution” Is 2026’s Top Global Risk | Amanpour and Company
A new global risk report by the Eurasia Group is calling 2026 a “tipping point.” In an unusual shift, the report identifies the United States as the principal threat to the global order and sends a stark warning as President Trump tests the limits of his own executive power. Ian Bremmer is the group’s founder and President. He joins Walter Isaacson to break down what he calls the “American political revolution.”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch/Ua1oGgSWKJw Trump & Miller Threaten Greenland; MAGA Dumps “America First” for “Law of the Jungle”: A Closer Look
Seth takes a closer look at MAGA allies insisting there is no such thing as international law as global outcry over the Trump administration’s attack on Venezuela and its threats towards Greenland intensifies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch/PEOcKHWvWC0 Risk #4: Europe under siege | Ian Bremmer on 2026’s Top Risks
France, Germany, and the United Kingdom each enter the year with weak, unpopular governments under siege from the populist right, the populist left, and an American administration actively rooting for their collapse.
All three risk paralysis at best and destabilization at worst—and at least one leader could fall. Europe’s ability to address its economic malaise, fill the security vacuum left by America’s retreat, and sustain support for Ukraine past 2026 will suffer. If Washington overtly interferes in European elections, the postwar alliance framework, already strained, could fracture.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch/FB_RRS-yxAc Jan 6 Is A Permanent Stain On Trump’s Legacy | The Pokémon President | Colbert Out-Rates The Don
It’s been five years since Donald Trump’s failed coup at the U.S. Capitol, the assault on Venezuela might be just the beginning of the president’s territorial aggression, and Stephen Colbert’s audience size was three times bigger than Trump’s when hosting The Kennedy Center Honors.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch/dqVfnC_muaI The Biggest Global Risks for 2026 | TED Explains the World with Ian Bremmer
2026 is a tipping point year, says Ian Bremmer, founder of Eurasia Group. Highlighting the top risks that await the world, he breaks down the US military extraction of Venezuela leader Nicolás Maduro and explains why US President Donald Trump’s embrace of the “Donroe doctrine” kicks off the most uncertain geopolitical environment in decades. With stark insights on what’s to come in Europe, Russia and China, this is a can’t-miss look at the volatile world order. (This interview, hosted by TED’s Helen Walters, was recorded on January 5, 2026.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch/OgSl4uKHdgE Trump’s “Eff around and find out” world | GZERO Live
Ian Bremmer warns that Trump’s foreign policy divides the world into “FAFO” and “TACO.”
He argues the strategy may project strength now, but risks burning alliances and undermining US power over time.
Its popular nickname is the Spaghetti Nebula. Officially cataloged as Simeis 147 and Sharpless 2-240, it is easy to get lost following the looping and twisting filaments of this intricate supernova remnant. Seen toward the boundary of the constellations of the Bull (Taurus) and the Charioteer (Auriga), the impressive gas structure covers nearly 3 degrees on the sky, equivalent to 6 full moons. That’s about 150 light-years at the stellar debris cloud’s estimated distance of 3,000 light-years. The supernova remnant has an estimated age of about 40,000 years, meaning light from this powerful stellar explosion first reached the Earth when woolly mammoths roamed free. Besides the expanding remnant, this cosmic catastrophe left behind a pulsar, a fast-spinning neutron star that is the remnant of the original star’s core. The featured image was captured last month from Forca Canapine, Italy. via NASA https://go.nasa.gov/4520Bst
