Incoming: did a wayward star switch-off the X-ray corona of a distant supermassive black hole? (Courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Over the course of just one year, the bright X-ray corona surrounding a supermassive black hole dipped dramatically in brightness, before steadily recovering its initial luminosity. The event was observed by an international team of astronomers, led by
Month: August 2020
Right now Universal and AMC are looking like saints in the exhibition business after taking a kicking in the teeth by rival circuits for their controversial deal last week to crunch the theatrical window to 17 days with an option for PVOD thereafter. Disney’s announcement after the market closed to bring Mulan to their 60.5M Disney+
SAN FRANCISCO – Satellite propulsion startup Benchmark Space Systems announced an agreement Aug. 4 to provide non-toxic chemical propulsion for rideshare provider Spaceflight Inc.’s next-generation orbital transfer vehicle, Sherpa-NG. At the same time, Burlington, Vermont-based Benchmark revealed a permanent licensing partnership with Tesseract Space, a California propulsion startup. Under the terms of the deal, Vermont-based
Herman Cain, former chairman and chief executive officer of Godfather’s Pizza. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Herman Cain had been put on a ventilator and was at times unconscious during his final weeks hospitalized with the coronavirus, a top aide and friend of Cain’s told CNBC. The new details come less than a week after
Exclusive Paris Jackson is living quarantine life in the single lane now … she’s broken up with her BF, singer Gabriel Glenn. Sources close to Paris tell TMZ … she decided it was time for her to go solo. The breakup, we’re told, was amicable as neither holds any anger or ill will. Our sources
Science Photo Library | Getty Images Covid-19 patients might have been flooding into emergency departments in the spring, particularly in states like New York. But for everything else — heart attacks, strokes and other kinds of emergencies — the numbers were down for many hospitals across the country. A new study collating data from five
WWE has been forced to get creative with their storylines now that they’re putting on shows with no audience, leading to some memorable brawls on their programming at some rather bizarre locations. Now, it looks like a recurring theme for WWE’s weekly Monday night show will be to present MMA-style wrestling matches as part of
T-minus 30 minutes. Yes, the clocking is ticking as the new Justice Society of America only has half an hour to destroy the machine until the brainwashing is permanent. Those are the somewhat cliche phrases that go perfectly with the cliche cliffhanger Stargirl Season 1 Episode 12 ended on. In what world would Pat ever hurt Courtney,
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . Ingrid Persaud made the grandest of debuts in the literary world by winning the BBC Short Story Award in 2018 with “The
Dr. Sonia Macieiewski (R) and Dr. Nita Patel, Director of Antibody discovery and Vaccine development, look at a sample of a respiratory virus at Novavax labs in Rockville, Maryland on March 20, 2020, one of the labs developing a vaccine for the coronavirus, COVID-19. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Novavax’s potential vaccine to
GP: A logo of a Virgin Galactic is seen outside the building during the company’s first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 28, 2019 in New York City. JOHANNES EISELE | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Take-Two Interactive – Shares rose
Cinemark CEO Mark Zoradi weighed in this morning on all the noise that Universal and AMC stirred up last week with their plan to crunch the theatrical window to 17 days. “Consistent with our past practices, Cinemark does not comment on the actions of our competitors. That said we believe an exclusive theatrical window is critically
WASHINGTON — Amazon Web Services has slowed the rollout of its ground station network to accommodate customer feedback about the best locations to place its antennas. AWS has built ground stations at six locations instead of the 12 that were expected by the end of last year. Shayn Hawthorne, general manager of AWS’s ground station
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speak to reporters in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. July 29, 2020. Erin Scott | Reuters Democratic leaders and Trump administration officials expect to meet again Tuesday as they attempt to hash out a pandemic aid package. The sides appear
The first batch of performers for MTV’s 2020 VMAs has been announced. BTS, J Balvin, and Doja Cat will perform at the ceremony, which airs live on Sunday, August 30 at 8 p.m. Eastern. BTS will use their debut VMA appearance to premiere a new English-language single called “Dynamite.” Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga lead
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in an executive order signing event on “hiring American” in the very dark Cabinet Room of the White House, with the lights low and curtains drawn, in Washington, U.S., August 3, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump insisted that the coronavirus pandemic is “under control” in the United
Courtesy of Nike / CAMPFIRE LLC “It’s funny because I don’t even think of myself as a role model,” pro tennis star Naomi Osaka tells ELLE.com in an email interview. “I’m 22 and figuring out life and trying to grow.” What’s actually funny is that her true talent is downplaying her accomplishments among them winning
The hashtag #ReplaceEllen is trending amid rumors and reports that Ellen host Ellen DeGeneres could be losing her daytime talk show. In recent weeks, trouble has been increasingly dramatically behind the scenes at Ellen following claims from former employees that they had been mistreated by either DeGeneres or her staff. WarnerMedia has since launched an
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