A new view from the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) captures the abundant star-forming region at the center of the Milky Way. The VLT, located in Chile’s Atacama Desert, snapped an infrared image of a region called Sagittarius C (Sgr C), which is located about 300 light-years from the Milky Way’s central […]
A stolen vehicle struck and severed a utility pole and brought three electrical transformers to the ground before rolling over and coming to a stop at a local business, where it then caught on fire, police said. The incident occurred around 3:13 a.m. on Saturday morning after cameras alerted officers to a stolen vehicle traveling […]
In five of the past 11 years, parts of the U.S. electrical grid have been hit by blackouts, shut-offs or close calls during cold weather, according to an NBC News review of federal and state records and internal utility documents, with each major cold snap threatening a grid failure. Experts say one of the main […]
Japan’s historic SLIM moon lander has powered down ahead of a likely mission-ending cold lunar nighttime — but not before grabbing some final images and loads of science data. SLIM, short for “Smart Lander for Investigating Moon,” nailed its precision touchdown on the rim of Shioli crater on Jan. 19, despite engine troubles that saw […]
A new view from inside the International Space Station captures a dizzying number of experiments underway in orbit. European Space Agency (ESA) project astronaut Marcus Wandt recently shared a photo he took while floating in the microgravity environment of the orbiting lab’s Destiny module. Destiny is the International Space Station‘s primary research laboratory and is […]
Ten days after making the first moon landing for Japan, the SLIM moon lander is suddenly awake again after arriving upside-down. Mission operators with SLIM, or the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon mission, successfully made the first moon landing for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Jan. 19. SLIM’s solar panels, however, were in […]
After a summer of record-breaking heat, vast swaths of the United States are now grappling with extreme cold as a brutal Arctic blast brings snow squalls, deadly ice and life-threatening wind chills. As unprecedented heat makes way for cold, it can provide fuel for climate-change deniers who point to freezing temperatures as evidence that global […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average made a meager gain despite negative economic news. Bitcoin was sharply off highs as ETFs started trading, while fund manager Cathie Wood bought a diving stock. Meanwhile, Microsoft (MSFT) closed with a lower market cap than Apple (AAPL) despite briefly surpassing its old rival. X A trio of stocks moved […]
Astrobotic’s Peregrine moon lander has beamed home another in-space selfie, a memorable shot that captured a sliver of its home planet. The photo, which Astrobotic posted on X on Tuesday afternoon (Jan. 9), shows one of the Peregrine moon lander‘s legs (at bottom center) as well as the Pocari Sweet Lunar Dream Time Capsule, which […]
* FedEx falls on dour annual revenue forecast * General Mills slips after annual sales forecast cut * Alphabet up as report says Google to restructure ad sales unit * Indexes down: Dow 1.27%, S&P 1.47%, Nasdaq 1.50% (Updates with closing prices) By Stephen Culp NEW YORK, Dec 20 (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed lower […]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average squeezed out a tiny gain as the major indexes stretched to new highs at the close Monday. Contributing to the gains was Adobe (ADBE), which popped as an acquisition deal crumbled. Meanwhile, famed investor Cathie Wood snapped up some Pinterest (PINS) but sold Bitcoin plays. And Meta Platforms (META) and […]
President Biden got testy with White House reporters Tuesday as they blasted him with questions during his Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. After his talk with Zelenskyy concluded Tuesday afternoon, the gaggle of reporters present peppered both world leaders with questions. Seemingly taken aback by the volume and number of questions coming […]