Like Milky Way, the Andromeda galaxy is a spiral galaxy. But the area rich in stars near that galaxy’s center doesn’t look like it should. The orbits of these stars take on an odd, ovalish shape like someone stretched out a wad of Silly Putty. A new study led by CU Boulder has solved a…
NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope recently shared the image of one of the most distinctive features of the N44 nebula. That feature is nothing but the dark, starry gap called a superbubble in the N44 nebula. N44 is an emission nebula consisting of glowing hydrogen gas, dark lanes of dust, massive stars, and many populations of…
An astronomer from NSF’s NOIRLab has teamed up with a geologist from California State University, Fresno, to make the first estimates of rock types that exist on planets orbiting nearby stars. After studying the chemical composition of “polluted” white dwarfs, they have concluded that most rocky planets orbiting nearby stars are more diverse and exotic…
Since the pandemic hit, I have been suffering from severe stress and burn out and my mental health has taken a turn for the worst. Consequently, I have lost all control of my finances. I have been indulging in out-of-control spending and missing loan repayments etc. What can I do to address this situation which…
Nobody gets into advertising for a quiet life, and agencies have more than enough challenges keeping them busy as we hurtle forward toward 2022. There’s the perennial question of post-cookie solutions, advances in programmatic technology, shifts in the way agencies and clients work together, and problems in the CTV sector that urgently need to be…
This year, Christmas creep is on overdrive. Of course, the overwhelming commercial push for December holidays isn’t unusual — Christmas creep wouldn’t be a known term if it weren’t already a phenomenon — but this year’s supply chain issues are making advertisers practically gloss over Thanksgiving. Marketers and agency execs say some brands are already…
This September, Guillermo Garcia embarked on a secular pilgrimage. Along with fellow United Farm Workers members, he began a 260-mile march to the California state house in support of a bill that would allow farmworkers to vote by mail in union elections, effectively making it easier for them to organize. As they walked, non-unionized laborers…
HONG KONG (AP) — Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday it has pulled out of China, citing an increasingly challenging operating environment.The withdrawal was largely symbolic, as many of the company’s services were already blocked by China’s digital censorship. But recent government moves to expand its control over tech companies generally, including its domestic giants, may have…
Nearly 35,000 active-duty airmen who flew on fighter jets between 1970 and 2004 are at higher risk of developing prostate cancer and melanoma, with possible links to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and testicular cancer as well, according to the largest-ever study on military aviation and cancer.While the research offers some clues about possible cancer prevention measures, it’s…
Published November 1, 2021 9:54PM LAX ‘Jet Pack Man’ Latest: New video may finally solve viral mystery New videos and photos released by LAPD may have finally revealed the true story behind the LAX “Jet Pack Man.” LOS ANGELES – Remember the viral videos of what appeared to be a guy in a jet pack? New…
