Tag: objects

Gaia space telescope helps astronomers image hidden objects around bright stars

Scientists have directly imaged eight dim objects accompanying very bright stars within the Gaia data catalog, including so-called “failed stars,” otherwise known as brown dwarfs. The stars and their companions were originally identified from millions of stars in the Gaia catalog. They were considered ideal for follow-up investigations with the ground-based GRAVITY instrument, an advanced […]

Objects thrown at Nigel Farage during campaign trip to Barnsley

A man has been tackled by police after targeting Nigel Farage on the General Election campaign in the UK. The Reform UK leader was on top of a party battle bus in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, on Tuesday morning, when a cup was thrown, narrowly missing him. A man in a red hoodie could be seen […]

Tesla objects to $5.6 billion payout for lawyers who voided Musk’s pay

By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – The legal team that voided Elon Musk’s record Tesla pay package deserves a tiny fraction of the $5.6 billion legal fee they requested because their lawsuit provided almost no benefit for the company, the electric automaker argued in court papers on Friday. Tesla said the legal team for […]

Tesla objects to $5.6 billion payout for lawyers who voided Musk’s pay

By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – The legal team that voided Elon Musk’s record Tesla pay package deserves a tiny fraction of the $5.6 billion legal fee they requested because their lawsuit provided almost no benefit for the company, the electric automaker argued in court papers on Friday. Tesla said the legal team for […]

Business group objects to proposed rules for new paid family leave law

May 23—Nearly a year after Maine lawmakers and the Mills administration passed a paid family leave law, state regulators have proposed detailed rules to implement the program’s new payroll tax and benefits. But the leader of the Maine State Chamber of Commerce is objecting to parts of how the law would work under the proposed […]

British Museum recovers 268 more missing objects after thefts

The British Museum has recovered 268 more missing objects following thefts at the institution. The museum announced on Friday that a total of 626 items, out of around 1,500 missing or stolen objects, have been found across the world – including in Europe and North America – and taken back to be housed in its […]

Black holes are mysterious, yet also deceptively simple − a new space mission may help physicists answer hairy questions about these astronomical objects

Physicists consider black holes one of the most mysterious objects that exist. Ironically, they’re also considered one of the simplest. For years, physicists like me have been looking to prove that black holes are more complex than they seem. And a newly approved European space mission called LISA will help us with this hunt. Research […]

‘Dancing’ raisins − a simple kitchen experiment reveals how objects can extract energy from their environment and come to life

Scientific discovery doesn’t always require a high-tech laboratory or a hefty budget. Many people have a first-rate lab right in their own homes – their kitchen. The kitchen offers plenty of opportunities to view and explore what physicists call soft matter and complex fluids. Everyday phenomena, such as Cheerios clustering in milk or rings left […]

Intel, Qualcomm say exports to China blocked as Beijing objects

(Reuters) -Intel said its sales would take a hit on Wednesday after the U.S. revoked some of the chipmaker’s export licenses for China, in a move Beijing complained was going too far in the name of national security. Intel did not disclose the name of the Chinese customer in its filing with the Securities and […]