A few lucky folks have now had their skin kissed by the light of alien suns. That light was generated here on Earth, at the world’s first “stellar tanning salon,” which opened this week at the Festival of the Future in Munich, Germany. The salon’s lamps simulate the spectra of a variety of stars, from […]
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Indexes cap stellar first half of 2024 with losses even after encouraging inflation report
Stock tradersDrew Angerer/Getty Images US indexes ended the day lower, despite market excitement over the latest PCE data. Both headline and core personal consumption expenditure readings came in 2.6% year-to-year. The stock market closed 2024’s first half strongly, with the S&P 500 up nearly 15%. US indexes slid on Friday after temporarily bounding to new […]
Hubble Telescope spies baby stars in their glowing stellar cocoon (photo)
The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a stunning new photo of infant stars nestled in a glowing cocoon of gas and dust. The bright clouds of dust and gas captured in the new Hubble photo represent a nebula, which is a dense interstellar region where new stars form. This particular nebula, known as RCW 7, […]
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Life after stellar death? How life could arise on planets orbiting white dwarfs
Planets could survive the death of their star and become capable of supporting life — and now astronomers are going to go hunting for them. Stars do not survive forever, the sun included. In about five billion years, Earth’s star will begin to exhaust its supply of hydrogen used to generate energy via nuclear fusion […]
This long-studied star is actually a stellar duo: ‘We were absolutely stunned’
Shrouded in a dense cloud of gas and dust, a young star in the constellation Ophiuchus that astronomers have studied for decades has been found to be a duo. It would also appear that both members of the pair are encircled by a disk of material within which planets may have just begun coalescing. The […]
‘Stellar Dreams’ project gifting 100 telescopes to 100 families (exclusive)
An illuminating new program has stargazers and science educators aglow with inspiration. That program, called Stellar Dreams, is run by the nonprofit organization The Science Haven. It will give away 100 telescopes, with the goal of spurring interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) in underrepresented and underprivileged families. Founded by molecular biologist Raven […]
Space janitor Astroscale enjoys stellar stock debut
STORY: The Earth is ringed with a growing cloud of junk, made up of dead satellites and the like. And some see an opportunity in the mess. Wednesday saw a stellar stock market debut for Japanese startup Astroscale. Its shares jumped 51% in early trades. The firm has won government backing from Japan, the U.S. […]
Wall Street bets on stellar quarterly results from Nvidia
By Arsheeya Bajwa (Reuters) – Wall Street is betting on a blowout quarterly report from Nvidia on Wednesday, with its stock near record highs as investors look for evidence that the AI chipmaker can maintain its explosive growth and stay ahead of rivals. The results will be the latest test for Wall Street’s picks-and-shovels trade […]
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Chinese EV maker Zeekr soars nearly 35% in stellar US market debut
By Niket Nishant, Echo Wang and Sarah Wu (Reuters) -Zeekr’s shares rose almost 35% above their initial public offering price on Friday in a strong start for the electric-vehicle maker, the first major U.S. market debut by a China-based company since 2021. The company successfully pulled off its U.S. flotation as it seeks to stand […]
I reported a toxic coworker who threatened me — and I was terminated after 7 years of stellar employment. What can I do?
“What kind of threats could allow me to take my company to court for unfair dismissal?” (Photo subject is a model.) – MarketWatch illustration/iStock Dear Quentin, I was terminated after seven years of stellar employment. I provided feedback on a toxic co-worker who threatened me as I sat at my desk. During my tenure, I […]