Upper limit: a US Navy F/A-18 travelling near the speed of sound in air. The white halo comprises water droplets that have condensed from the air because of the sudden drop in pressure behind the shock cone around the aircraft . (Courtesy: John Gay/US Navy) The upper limit on the speed of sound in solids
A man in a surgical mask walks through Manhattan’s Broadway Theatre district after Broadway shows announced they will cancel performances due to the coronavirus outbreak in New York, March 12, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Broadway theaters will remain closed through May. The Broadway League, a trade organization representing producers and theater owners, announced Friday
There has been some concern by some industry insiders that the family film may have gone the way of the dinosaurs during the pandemic, particularly as Disney has taken its marquee theatrical releases Mulan and Soul to Disney+. Some of those maneuvers stem from polling which shows that families aren’t entirely ready to head back to the box office
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Xilinx (XLNX) – Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is in advanced talks to buy the specialty chipmaker, according to The Wall Street Journal. People familiar with the matter say such a deal could be worth more than $30 billion, with a transaction possibly coming together
WASHINGTON — NASA is delaying the launch of the first operational SpaceX commercial crew mission to the first half of November to provide more time to review a problem during a recent Falcon 9 launch attempt. NASA announced Oct. 10 the Crew-1 mission, which was scheduled to launch on a Falcon 9 in the early
US President Donald Trump delivers remarks in front of the media in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on June 1, 2020. Brendan Smialowski | AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump plans to hold an in-person event at the White House on Saturday, less than a week after he was
Dizzee Rascal has been named a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours, as the BBC reports. The grime pioneer has been made an MBE for his services to music. (“Lovely stuff,” he wrote on Instagram.) Electric Light Orchestra co-founder Jeff Lynne will also be made
People enjoy outdoor dining amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., September 14, 2020. Jeenah Moon | Reuters Ice huts, yurts and tents have been growing in popularity over the last several years as restaurateurs looked to extend the life of their outdoor patios. This year, the popularity of such structures
Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are cool parents who TikTok (is that a verb?). On Friday, they took a now-classic Kylie Jenner/Kourtney Kardashian Keeping Up With the Kardashians moment and make it into this hilarious video: This content is imported from TikTok. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or
Corey Feldman has had a tumultuous summer. He’s also on record as calling the past four months some of the best he’s ever experienced. Though he has been quarantined with his family during this time of worldwide crisis, he has felt a sense of safety and calm being away from the spotlight. Now, he has
Tonight on Hallmark Channel, Chaley Rose (Nashville) and Nathan Witte (Charmed) star in My Best Friend’s Bouquet. Rose plays Josie Hughes, a hopeless romantic who believes in the kind of love you find in black-and-white movies, where the leading lady finds her one true love and gets swept off of her feet. Witte plays Alex,
Oppo A15 is all set to launch in India soon. The phone is being teased on Amazon India and the latest teaser hints at the display credentials of the phone. The Oppo A15 is teased to sport a 6.52-inch display with a waterdrop-style notch. The phone is also teased to have eye protection and AI
Noam Galai | WireImage | Getty Images Not even Santa knows what this holiday season is going to put under the tree for retailers. The challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic have upended the retail industry – forcing stores and malls temporarily shut, pushing some companies into bankruptcy court and accelerating store closures. It
Further meltdown here of the immediate theatrical release schedule with Lionsgate pushing their current Oct. 30 thriller Fatale to first quarter 2021 and the Colin Farrell-Lily Rose Depp sci-fi movie Voyagers off its Wednesday Nov. 25 release date to next year as well. Blame Regal largely closing, as well as New York and Los Angeles’ purgatory. The interesting
How NASA’s InVEST program is yielding big dividends for future Earth-observing missions For the last several years at the Small Satellite Conference, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has held a “Small Satellite Mission of the Year” competition. An AIAA committee gathers nominations for smallsats that have launched in the last year and
Sen. Susan Collins arrives for a meeting with a select group of senators and Trump administration officials in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill March 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images The last time Sen. Susan Collins faced a Democratic challenger, she was considered practically invincible. “No politician is
Exclusive Phil Collins is booting his ex-wife out of her crib … because he says he owns it, and he’s tired of her B.S. Sources close to the famous drummer and singer-songwriter tell TMZ … his long, rocky relationship with Orianne Cevey is officially over … after all, she remarried in August, and he wants
People wait in line to have swab samples taken for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a testing center in the Far Rockaway section of Queens, New York, October 6, 2020. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters The United States reported 57,420 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday, the highest daily totals since mid-August, according to data