[embedded content] “The wobbling shadow of the M87* black hole” is a video made by astronomers working on the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which in 2019 found the first direct visual evidence of a black hole and its “shadow”. The video above is an animation of three years in the life of the black hole
Month: September 2020
Tesla vehicles are displayed in a Manhattan dealership on September 08, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Bristol-Myers Squibb — Shares of the pharmaceutical company rose 1.2% after it announced positive interim results from a phase three trial of an immunotherapy drug
It really hasn’t been broadcasted widely, but Sofia Coppola’s latest dramedy from Apple/A24, On the Rocks, is opening in key markets next weekend, Oct. 2. I hear it will be a very limited run followed by a debut on the AppleTV+ streaming service on Oct. 23. The movie made its world premiere at the New York
WASHINGTON — Italy is the latest country to sign an agreement to cooperate with NASA on the Artemis human lunar exploration program, although the details of Italy’s participation have yet to be worked out. In a Sept. 25 ceremony held by videoconference, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and Riccardo Fraccaro, undersecretary to Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe
A hearse carrying the casket of the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives at the U.S. Capitol, where her body will lie in state in Statuary Hall in Washington, U.S., September 25, 2020. Joshua Roberts | Reuters The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday made history once more as
The Beastie Boys’ last-ever set—a headlining performance at Bonnaroo in 2009—has been released in its entirety. The show was originally aired as part of the Tennessee festival’s “Virtual ROO-ALITY” streaming event on YouTube, but the group tweeted that the set will be available separately “through the weekend.” Check it out below. The band brought their
President Donald Trump will nominate Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, NBC News has learned. After that begins the battle over her confirmation. Trump has repeatedly pressed for a vote ahead of Election Day, which this year is Nov. 3. Trump has said that he wants a full court in case
NICHOLAS KAMMGetty Images After Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on Friday, President Trump made one thing clear: He would be nominating a new justice as soon as possible, with the hopes of filling Ginsburg’s seat before a president is sworn in next year, if not before the November election. Now, according to
Casting for the Moon Knight Disney+ series is currently underway. A new rumor suggests that Keanu Reeves will finally join the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the show’s star. This is not the first time that this has been rumored. Back in May, it was reported that someone high up at Marvel Studios really wanted to
Samuel L. Jackson’s days as Nick Fury are not over. Per Variety, Disney+ is developing a series centered on the Marvel Cinematic Universe character. Kyle Bradstreet (Mr. Robot, Berlin Station) is set to write and executive-produce the series. Plot details, however, are currently being kept under wraps, which is not entirely surprising. Disney+ and Marvel,
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Samsung Galaxy A72 will be the company’s first smartphone with a five camera setup, as per a report. The phone will reportedly will be released in the first half of 2021. The penta-camera setup won’t be debuted on a Samsung flagship phone, but instead on Galaxy A72, a phone that is expected to be priced
Executive Director of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergencies program Mike Ryan speaks at a news conference on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Geneva, Switzerland. Denis Balibouse | Reuters As the global death toll from the coronavirus approaches 1 million people, it’s “not impossible” to consider that number doubling if countries don’t uniformly work to
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Costco (COST) – Costco reported quarterly earnings of $3.04 per share, 20 cents a share above estimates. The warehouse retailer’s revenue also beat Wall Street forecasts. Comparable-store sales rose 11.4% compared to the 7.8% consensus estimate of analysts polled by Refinitiv. Costco also
AMC Entertainment has filed to sell 15 million shares of common stock to raise fresh cash, the second exhibition distress call today after Regal parent Cineworld of the U.K. posted a brutal results for first six months of the year. Regal is the largest circuit in the U.S., AMC the second. Exhibitors shut down in
WASHINGTON — The British government, seeking a replacement for the Galileo satellite navigation system, said it will consider alternatives to an original plan to develop its own satellite constellation. In a Sept. 24 statement, the British government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said an ongoing study to examine the feasibility of a U.K.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during her weekly news conference in the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Caroline Brehman | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images A day after President Donald Trump refused to promise a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the 2020 election, lawmakers pushed back
Demi Lovato won’t be walking down the aisle with Max Ehrich … TMZ has confirmed the singer and actor called off their engagement. Demi and her former fiancé have officially called it quits, splitting just over 2 months after he popped the question on the beach in Malibu. A source close to the singer tells
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