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☆ Study reveals how immune system of astronauts breaks down
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] The International Space Station (ISS) is photographed by Expedition 66 crew member Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov from the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft, in this image released April 20, 2022. "A weaker immunity increases the risk of infectious diseases limiting astronauts' ability to perform their very demanding work in space. Gene expression in 247 genes in leukocytes was at about one third the normal levels while in space, the study found. Before this paper, we knew of immune dysfunction but not of the mechanisms," said study co-author Guy Trudel, an Ottawa Hospital rehabilitation medicine specialist. Discovering altered gene behavior in leukocytes is "a significant step toward understanding human immune dysregulation in space," Trudel added.

Persons: Pyotr Dubrov, Odette Laneuville, Guy Trudel, Trudel, Epstein, Barr, Will Dunham, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Space, Expedition, Soyuz, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, University of Ottawa, Canadian Space Agency, NASA, Ottawa Hospital, Thomson Locations: Handout, Canada, Ottawa

☆ Flying the F-35 stealth fighter can leave pilots looking 'like they are 100 years old,' says test pilot
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

F-35 test pilots described how intense it is to fly the aircraft, The Jerusalem Post reported. "After some training, pilots come out looking like they are 100 years old," another test pilot said. Tony "Brick" Wilson, an F-35 test pilot for the American defense company who formerly served in the US Navy, described the "g-forces" — or gravitational force — must deal with when flying the hi-tech US fighter jets. Monessa "Siren" Balzhiser, another F-35 test pilot for the company, also addressed "g-forces" in the discussion. The F-16 has three separate screens and displays, with each screen tied to a specific sensor," she said, per The Jerusalem Post.

Persons: Lockheed Martin webinar, —, Lockheed Martin, Tony, Wilson, Balzhiser Organizations: Jerusalem Post, Lockheed, Service, US Navy, Aircraft, US Air Force, Russian, AIM Locations: Jerusalem, Russia, Ukraine

☆ Astronomers discover the fastest runaway stars in our galaxy racing away at over 5 million mph
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Astronomers found two renegades, runaway white dwarf stars on an escape route out of our galaxy. These runaway stars are on a one-way ticket out of our galaxy. Runaway stars racing away at breakneck speedsIn the new study, astronomers using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia survey identified two runaway stars with the fastest radial velocities ever seen. Two white dwarf stars orbiting each other can trigger an especially enormous explosion called a D^6 supernova. The first explosion kicks off when one of the white dwarf stars accumulates too much helium gas, which triggers a thermonuclear explosion, reported Starr.

Persons: —, Parker, Juan Ruiz Paramo, Tod Strohmayer, Dana Berry, Chandra X, Michelle Starr, Starr Organizations: renegades, Service, Probe, Parker, NASA, Ray, Science, Astrophysics

☆ A brilliant cosmic burst 100 times as bright as our galaxy came from 2 black holes circling each other, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Chris Panella | Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Huge cosmic bursts are coming from two black holes circling each other in a distant galaxy. In this case, the flare came from a binary system consisting of two black holes trapped in a rapid dance. A cosmic burst 100 times brighter than our galaxyThe recorded burst, which astronomers observed in February 2022, occurred when the smaller black hole crashed into a disk of gas surrounding the larger black hole, the study's scientists said. Up to this point, its presence was only predicted through observations of its gravitational influence on the larger black hole. An illustration of the binary black hole system, OJ 287, showing the massive black hole surrounded by an accretion disk.

Persons: —, Mauri Valtonen, Valtonen, Swift, Cruz, they've Organizations: Service, Royal Astronomical Society, ESO, ESA, Hubble, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, NASA, OJ, University of Turku Locations: OJ287

☆ The moon's pull is so strong it may trigger earthquakes on Earth. Scientists are still baffled by its power.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A small handful of experts claim to have evidence that our satellite produces forces that can trigger earthquakes. The moon's effect on earthquakes was hiddenScientists have long pondered whether the moon's tides could be linked to earthquakes. And it seems that in some cases, the moon did help trigger earthquakes around the world. By digging into these datasets, a few studies have suggested a link between Earth tides and earthquakes. Rather, it is when the rock is on the very brink of collapse that the moon's small tug could push it past that final tipping point.

Persons: —, Vi Nguyen, Chris Scholtz, Scholtz, Juan, Scholz, C.H, Tan, Nat Commun, Davide Zaccagnino, Zaccagnino Organizations: Service, NASA, Columbia Climate School, Pictures, NOAA, US, Nature Communications, Sapienza University of Rome Locations: Fuca, Earthquakes

☆ Alo Yoga says it's the 'Tesla' of athleisure, and it's loosening Lululemon's grip on Gen Z
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Leslie J. Allen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Alo Yoga's "studio-to-street" fitness clothes are a hit with Gen Z and Gen Alpha, the Wall Street Journal reports. Segment leader Lululemon faces growing competition not just from upstarts like Alo, but also legacy brands like Nike. Alo Yoga is building a following among two key demographics, Gen Zers, loosely defined as those born between 1997 and 2012, and their younger counterparts, Gen Alpha, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal. Alo YogaAlo's growth was boosted by influencers and its digital rootsAlo Yoga started in Los Angeles in 2007. It's created openings for others beyond Alo, but Alo certainly has started to set itself apart as a power brand in its own right."

Persons: Alo Yoga's, Gen Z, Alpha, Alo, —, Lululemon, Alo Yoga, Gen Zers, Gen Alpha, it's, I'd, Andrew Lipsman, Lipsman, Hailey Bieber, Bella Haddad, Budrul Chukrut, Danny Harris, Wall, It's, Lisman Organizations: Wall Street, Nike, Service, Street, Intelligence, influencers, Ford, GM, Chrysler Locations: Los Angeles, China, Alo

☆ Webb telescope detects organic molecules in distant galaxy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Astronomers have detected the most distant known organic molecules in the universe using the James Webb Space Telescope. It’s the first time Webb has detected complex molecules in the distant universe. The complex molecules were found in a galaxy known as SPT0418-47, located more than 12 billion light-years away. The galaxy observed by the Webb telescope shows an Einstein ring caused by a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, which occurs when two galaxies are almost perfectly aligned from our perspective on Earth. Investigating the early universeAstronomers spotted the signature of the organic molecules during a careful analysis of Webb’s data.

Persons: James Webb, Webb, it’s, Doyle, J, Einstein, ”, Joaquin Vieira, Albert Einstein’s, Justin Spilker, Spilker, George P, Cynthia Woods Mitchell, ” Spilker, Kedar Phadke, we’ve Organizations: CNN —, James Webb Space Telescope, National Science, Hubble, University of Illinois, M University, Texas, Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics Locations: Chile, University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign, Texas

☆ Boycotts hit stocks hard. Here's what might be next for Bud, Target and others caught in the anti-Pride backlash
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Christina Cheddar Berk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Anheuser-Busch InBev shares hit a 52-week high of $67.09 on March 31. Bud Light has tried to win back customers with a $15 off rebate program on Budweiser, Bud Light, Bud Select and Bud Select 55. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Target's stock hit a 52-week low on Thursday. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon VF Corp. shares traded as low as $16.77 on Thursday. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Kohl's shares on Thursday hit a low of $17.89, the stock's lowest level since May 22, 2020, when it traded as low as $17.19.

Persons: BUD TGT, Justin Sullivan, Bud Light, Dylan Mulvaney, Pattie Gonia ., it's, Brayden King, Cowen, Vivien Azer, Miller, Azer, Bud, Brandon Bell, King, Sarah Kate Ellis, recouping, Christopher Horvers, Horvers, Wells, Edward Kelly, Kelly, Americus Reed Organizations: TAP, Anheuser, Busch, Target, VF Corp, North, Pride, Busch InBev, Coors, Molson Coors, Lite, Bud, Budweiser, Walmart, Bud Light, Companies, GLAAD, JPMorgan, Americus, University of Pennsylvania Locations: San Francisco , California, Austin , Texas, Wells Fargo

☆ Stephen Hawking's famous theory of how black holes die could mean our entire universe is doomed to evaporate, a new study found
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Stephen Hawking famously predicted in 1974 that black holes die by evaporation. A new study suggests this Hawking radiation that kills black holes could also kill everything else. And up to this point, black holes were the only places experts had looked for it. "And, after a very long period, that would lead to everything in the universe eventually evaporating, just like black holes." It takes black holes longer than the age of the universe to evaporate, researchers have estimated.

Persons: Stephen Hawking, —, Stephen Hawking's, Heino Falcke, Walter van Suijlekom Organizations: Service, Radboud University

☆ CNBC Daily Open: Congratulations on getting through May
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. The old Wall Street adage to sell in May and go away held true this year — aside from AI-related stocks, that is. Cryptocurrency might want to divorce itself from traditional financial systems, but it can't escape the gravitational pull of Wall Street. Subscribe here to get this report sent directly to your inbox each morning before markets open.

Persons: Dow, Walt, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin Organizations: CNBC, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Dow, Nike, Walt Disney, Chevron, Nvidia, The

☆ CNBC Daily Open: We made it through May — and maybe the debt ceiling too
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Yeo Boon Ping | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. For the month, the S&P inched up 0.3%, the Dow sank 3.5% and the Nasdaq jumped 5.8%. Stock futures mostly ticked down Wednesday night even after the House passed the bill to suspend the debt limit. Subscribe here to get this report sent directly to your inbox each morning before markets open.

Persons: Kevin McCarthy, Dow, Walt, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin Organizations: U.S, Capitol, Washington , DC, CNBC, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Dow, Nike, Walt Disney, Chevron, Nvidia, The Locations: Washington ,

☆ Italy bets on quietest of places to host world-leading telescope
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Federico Maccioni | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The Sos Enathos lead and zinc mine, extending 300 metres underground below lush vegetation, has been picked by the Rome government as its candidate to host the so-called Einstein Telescope (ET). Italy is betting that its 1.9-billion-euro ($2.09 billion)project can bring much-needed investment to the island of Sardinia, one of the country's poorest regions. Mirrors at the end of each tunnel will reflect laser beams whose lengths are affected by the passage of gravitational waves. "The mine has become the alternative to the mine," Mario Calia, the 63-year-old mayor of Lula, told Reuters. Calia, himself a former miner, said the project would leave Lula's unspoiled natural landscape untouched while bringing in investment.

☆ 4 things 'Succession' gets wrong about business
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

HBO's hit show "Succession" airs its series finale Sunday night, with Waystar Royco's future in the balance. It captures the spirit of boardroom drama, but takes some liberties with corporate law, experts said. On HBO's hit show "Succession," the beats of a proxy fight are sometimes just as intense as a scheming betrayal from a once loyal lackey. Over four seasons, the show has laid out a thesis about the all-encompassing gravitational force of Logan Roy, the media mogul behind the fictional news and entertainment conglomerate Waystar Royco. "But the failure of the board to engage in any succession planning at all, is a first thing to note," she said.

☆ Despite poor guidance, Snowflake CEO says he is optimistic about the future
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

After an earnings report that saw a beat on revenue but poor guidance, CEO of data cloud company Snowflake Frank Slootman was firm in his optimism about the company's future. "If you were to zoom out a little bit and say, 'let me take a five-year view of the growth here,' it is tremendous," Slootman told CNBC's Jim Cramer. Snowflake reported $624 million in fiscal first-quarter revenue on Wednesday, showing 48% growth year over year, and comfortably topped the consensus Refinitiv estimate of $608 million. The company CEO went so far as to say Snowflake is rapidly becoming an AI company as well as a data company. Snowflake also announced Wednesday that it was acquiring search startup Neeva, saying in a blog post that it will "infuse and leverage" the company's AI-equipped search products.

Persons: Frank Slootman, Slootman, CNBC's Jim Cramer, Snowflake

☆ As the Nasdaq recovers half of its bear market losses, signs of broader strength emerge
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Michael Santoli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

This particular conversation has been chewed over pretty thoroughly, and I've hit on it last week and the week before . And perhaps more relevant, last week saw at least tentative signs of a desired broadening out. It's worth pointing out too that the recent surge in the familiar Nasdaq megacaps has a lot to do with mean reversion, after the Nasdaq lagged the equal-weighted S & P 500 in 2002 by 20 percentage points. The NDX has been in a long-term structural uptrend relative to the S & P 500 for the past decade. As noted, the S & P 500 touched 4,200 late in the week before easing back a bit.

☆ Earth-sized alien planet gripped by widespread volcanism
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

In our solar system, Earth and Venus are volcanically active, as are some of Jupiter's moons. Planets beyond our solar system are called exoplanets. Here, water from the nightside glacier can melt and possibly form liquid surface water. In addition, there is likely volcanism all around the planet, even under the ice on the nightside and possibly under the water near the terminator," Benneke said. The planet is located in the Milky Way about 86 light-years away from our solar system in the direction of the constellation Crater.

☆ Earth-size exoplanet may be covered in volcanoes
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Instead, the exoplanet, called LP 791-18 d, is likely covered in volcanoes and may experience eruptions with the same frequency as Jupiter’s moon Io, the most volcanically active place in our solar system, according to researchers. LP 791-18 d is located about 90 light-years from Earth in the Crater constellation, where it orbits a small red dwarf star. And astronomers believe the massive planet LP 971-18 c might be contributing to the newly detected exoplanet’s possible volcanism. As the two objects orbit their star, LP 971-18 c and the newfound exoplanet LP 791-18 d closely pass each other, allowing the gravitational pull of the larger planet LP 971-18 c to tug on planet d and reshape its orbit. The discovery of LP 971-18 d points to the importance of data collected by space telescopes.

☆ Webb telescope spies evidence of hidden planets around nearby star
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The revelation of the Fomalhaut’s two inner rings has suggested that planets hidden deeper within the star system may be affecting the dust belt’s shape. Stars form from gas and dust, and then a ring of leftover material called a protoplanetary disk orbits the star, where planets are born. Once the planets form around a star, debris belts form and become shaped by the gravity of the planets. Studying the dust belts can help unlock more of the secrets behind how planetary systems form. “I think it’s not a very big leap to say there’s probably a really interesting planetary system around the star.”

☆ A Hydropower Renaissance, but Where Are the Giant Dams?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Mira Rojanasakul | Max Bearak | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

Pumped Storage Hydropower, 1900-2040 Global map showing a concentration of planned pumped storage projects in China. Pumped Storage Existing Planned China’s momentum has allowed it to surpass Europe’s capacity for pumped storage. “Our data show that pumped storage is set to grow much faster than conventional dams,” said Joe Bernardi, who runs Global Energy Monitor’s hydropower tracker. UPPER RESERVOIR GENERATORS + TURBINES LOWER RESERVOIR When electricity demand exceeds supply, water is released to race downhill, spinning giant turbines. UPPER RESERVOIR GENERATORS + TURBINES LOWER RESERVOIR When electricity demand exceeds supply, water is released to race downhill, spinning giant turbines.

☆ Who Will Have the Last Word on the Universe?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Dennis Overbye | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The universe as we know it originated in a fiery burst 13.8 billion years ago and has been flying apart ever since. The bigger the universe gets, the harder this “dark energy” pushes it apart. The more time goes on, the less we will know about the universe. Worse, because thinking takes energy, eventually there will not be enough energy in the universe to hold a thought. In the end there will only be subatomic particles dancing intergalactic distances away from each other in a dark silence, trillions upon trillions of years after there was any light or life in the universe.

☆ Second ‘Impossible’ Ring Found Around Distant Dwarf Planet
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Kenneth Chang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Like the first ring around Quaoar, announced by a team of astronomers in February, the second ring lies beyond what is known as the Roche limit. Thus, a ring within the Roche limit would tend to remain a ring, while a ring of debris outside the Roche limit would usually coalesce into a moon. For Quaoar, the Roche limit is calculated to be 1,100 miles. The second ring, at a distance of 1,500 miles from the center of Quaoar, is closer than the ring announced in February, which has a radius of about 2,500 miles. The observations also revealed the second ring.

☆ Black hole image captures jet of material launching into space
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But a black hole can also send powerful jets of material blasting across space and beyond its home galaxy. Previous observations have shown the jet and black hole separately, including the first direct image of a black hole, released in 2019. Astronomers believe that more material is falling toward the black hole in the new image, which is why the ring looks bigger. Studying black holesRecently, astronomers also used machine learning to release a cleaner, sharper version of the original M87 black hole image from 2019. The central region is darker and larger, surrounded by a bright ring as hot gas falls into the black hole.

☆ New image reveals violent events near a supermassive black hole
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] This image shows the jet and shadow of the black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy together for the first time. The supermassive black hole pictured resides at the center of a relatively nearby galaxy called Messier 87, or M87, about 54 million light-years from Earth. This black hole, with a mass 6.5 billion times that of our sun, was the subject of the first image of such an object ever obtained, released in 2019, with another black hole pictured last year. Seeing the entire scene in the vicinity of a supermassive black hole can be insightful. The EHT project has yielded the images of the two supermassive black holes.

[1/6] Takeshi Hakamada, "ispace" 's founder and chief executive, is pictured at a venue to watch landing of the lander in HAKUTO-R lunar exploration program on the Moon, in Tokyo, Japan, April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonTOKYO, April 25 (Reuters) - Japanese startup ispace (9348.T) said its attempt to make the first private moon landing had failed on Tuesday after losing contact with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander, concluding it had most likely crashed on the lunar surface. The M1 lander appeared set to autonomously touch down about 12:40 p.m. Eastern time (1640 GMT Tuesday) after coming as close as 295 feet (90 meters) from the lunar surface, a live animation of the lander's telemetry showed. The company said in a statement Wednesday in Japan that it believes the spacecraft may have made a "hard landing" on the lunar surface. The M1 also carried an experimental solid-state battery made by NGK Spark Plug Co (5334.T), among other objects to gauge how they perform on the moon.

[1/6] Takeshi Hakamada, "ispace" 's founder and chief executive, is pictured at a venue to watch landing of the lander in HAKUTO-R lunar exploration program on the Moon, in Tokyo, Japan, April 26, 2023. But a lunar landing would be an ambitious feat for a private firm. The Japanese firm "determined that there is a high probability that the lander eventually made a hard landing." In disclosure to the Tokyo Stock Exchange, ispace said it did not expect an immediate impact on its earnings forecast. The lander completed eight out of 10 mission objectives in space that will provide valuable data for the next landing attempt in 2024, Hakamada said.

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