Spirit Airlines CEO Slams “Uninformed Government,” Says Airline Industry Is A “Rigged Game” As The Company Struggles To Survive Spirit Airlines (NYSE:SAVE) was once the target of a hot bidding war between two of its rivals, Frontier Group (NASDAQ:ULCC) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU). Less than two years after JetBlue successfully beat out Frontier with a […]
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. Rupert Murdoch might not be flexing for the cameras, but he did just quietly demonstrate the power he still wields inside the Republican Party. The right-wing media mogul’s empire — which includes Fox […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Japan’s “Moon Sniper” lander has defied the odds for a third time, surviving yet another long, frigid lunar night despite not being designed to endure such harsh conditions, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Temperatures […]
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) has survived its third week-long night on the moon. This is despite the fact the Japanese lunar lander wasn’t designed to withstand even one blisteringly cold night on the moon, during which temperatures dropped as low as minus 274 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 170 degrees Celsius). The Japan Aerospace […]
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s first moon lander has survived a third freezing lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Wednesday after receiving an image from the device three months after it landed on the moon. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the lunar probe responded to a signal from the earth Tuesday night, confirming it has […]
The famed science fiction author Isaac Asimov called them “ribbon worlds” — planets forced to always show one face to their parent star. The star side is locked in perpetual day, its sun never dipping below the horizon; indeed, its sun never even moving at all, fixed in place as if time itself stood still. […]
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, also dubbed the ‘Devil Comet’ has thrilled skywatchers in recent months with its impressive night sky display and sudden flare-ups in brightness. But as it approaches perihelion — its closest distance to the sun — on April 21, will it survive the encounter or be subjected to a fiery fate? Well, there’s good […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. An experimental error led a team of scientists researching bumblebees to make a startling discovery: the insects’ remarkable ability to survive underwater for up to a week. A study published in the journal Biology Letters on […]
A pilot and his dog survived a plane crash off the California coast, swimming to shore where they were met by authorities responding to the incident. A 911 call came in on Sunday afternoon at 5.22pm about a plane crashing into the ocean off the coast across from the Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles, […]
Tipperary have ended a long wait to win the Division 1A title of the Very Camogie League, beating Galway in the second of the day’s double-header at Croke Park. In the earlier game, Westmeath got on the winning side of Derry to claim the 2A title, 4-8 to 0-16. An impressive performance from Karin Blair […]
It’s been a difficult few years for Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG), which has seen its stock fall from over $70 in early 2021 to under $4 today. In November 2023, when it filed its 10-Q for the third quarter, the company issued what is referred to as a “going concern” warning projecting that it may […]
A police officer was stabbed early Sunday morning at a gas station, but was expected to survive his injuries, according to Phoenix police. Police said Sunday that the officer was treated on scene for minor injuries and then transported to the hospital where he was still recovering. Just after 1 a.m., police said an officer […]