It was a record-breaking December for grocery sales in Ireland as overall spending surpassed €1.4 billion. Grocery inflation was measured at 7.1 percent in the three months to Christmas, according to Kantar. It is still well above the level of inflation recorded in the rest of the economy. Last year, grocery inflation was measured at […]
Rough weather at sea caused the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster that had successfully landed a record 19 times to topple while getting a ride back to Florida. SpaceX announced late Monday that the booster, which first flew on the historic Demo-2 mission in 2020 that took NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley into space, […]
1. The most powerful light from the sun Among the new astronomical records set in 2023 was an announcement of the highest-energy gamma ray ever seen coming from the sun, an order of magnitude more powerful than had previously been seen. “The sun is more surprising than we knew,” Mehr Un Nisa, an astronomer at […]
SpaceX is poised to break its rocket-reuse record yet again. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch 23 of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station tonight (Dec. 22) during a four-hour window that opens at 11:00 p.m. EST (0400 GMT on Dec. 23). It will be the […]
A girl believed to be the smallest surviving premature baby born on the island of Ireland has been described as her parents’ “little miracle” before their special first Christmas at home together. Raina Gilmore weighed 378g, less than a pound, when she was delivered via Caesarean at 26 weeks on June 28th. Her weight dipped […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Every year, people experiencing homelessness die on Portland streets. A night of remembrance that is held for them annually took an especially somber tone Thursday night in the wake of a new report recording the highest number of homeless deaths since the statistics were first tracked over a decade ago. At […]
A treasure trove of molecules has turned up in two galaxies that we see as they were over 12 billion years ago, revealing information about how the ancient realms form stars. One of the distant galaxies, APM 08279+5255, is home to a quasar — an active supermassive black hole at its core swallowing huge amounts […]
A gown worn by Diana, Princess of Wales in 1985 broke a new fashion record, going under the hammer in Hollywood for 11 times its estimated price. The black, ballerina-length velvet evening dress sold at Julien’s Auctions for a grand total of $1,148,080 (€105,1492). It came with a matching illustration and had previously been estimated […]
If there’s one thing that 2023 taught us: It’s Taylor Swift‘s world and we’re just fanning out in it. Miss Americana herself turns 34 today, the same day the Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour movie starts streaming, capping off a year of career highs. Getting a Golden Globe nomination this week for her concert movie […]
CBS News Los Angeles Live Shohei Ohtani announced on his Instagram account Saturday that he is signing with the Dodgers after 6 seasons with the Angels. The AP reports that Ohtani’s contract is for 10 years and $700 million, according to a statement issued by agent Nez Balelo. Saturday’s announcement caps one of the most […]
(Reuters) – After launching a record-shattering global tour and becoming the world’s most-streamed musical artist in 2023, Taylor Swift notched yet another accolade on Wednesday when Time magazine named the mega pop star as its “Person of the Year.” Swift took the award in a year when her nearly two decades of fame and influence […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities in Oregon were investigating the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in creeks this week as an atmospheric river brought heavy rain, flooding and unseasonably warm temperatures to the Pacific Northwest. The U.S. Coast Guard rescued five people from flooded areas on Tuesday and the conditions also closed […]