McCarthy Notes Progress as Debt-Limit Talks Narrow Toward Deal
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said talks on the debt ceiling resumed Friday, with negotiations stretching into the final
2023-05-27 01:20
Sudan conflict: Hospital attacks potential war crimes, BBC told
Mounting evidence seen by the BBC suggests that medical facilities are being targeted by both sides.
2023-05-27 00:55
State judge temporarily blocks South Carolina's 6-week abortion ban
A South Carolina judge has temporarily blocked the state's new abortion restrictions from going into effect, just one day after the governor signed them into law.
2023-05-27 00:45
JPMorgan Subpoenaed Sexual Assault Report Against Jes Staley
JPMorgan Chase & Co. subpoenaed documents from the Manhattan district attorney’s office about a possible complaint of sexual
2023-05-27 00:27
Madeline McCann search analysis 'will take several weeks'
German prosecutors say it will take time to examine materials recovered from this week's search in Portugal.
2023-05-26 23:58
Jessica Watkins: Oath Keepers member and Army veteran sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for January 6
Jessica Watkins, an Army veteran and member of the far-right Oath Keepers, was sentenced Friday to 8.5 years in prison for participating in a plot to disrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election culminating in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
2023-05-26 23:51
‘Monster stars’ 10,000 times bigger than the Sun detected for first time
Scientists have been peering into the depths of space, looking right back at the early days of the universe, and they’ve found something very interesting indeed. Researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope have come across a discovery that indicates some of the very earliest stars to ever form in the universe were staggering in scale, measuring 10,000 times bigger than the Sun. "Today, thanks to the data collected by the James-Webb Space Telescope, we believe we have found a first clue of the presence of these extraordinary stars," says astrophysicist Corinne Charbonnel of the University of Geneva in Switzerland, in research published in Astronomy & Astrophysics. These features are huge collections of between 100,000 and 1 million stars known as globular clusters, which all feature similar properties. Scientists estimate that they were all formed at the same time. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter They’re remnants of the ancient universe and have been described by researchers as "fossils". The cores of these stars are much hotter than those we see in stars today, and scientists suggest it could be down to an excess of hydrogen burning at high temperatures. It’s thought that smaller stars collided with the supermassive stars and relished their energy. However, now most of these global clusters are approaching the very end of their life spans. "Globular clusters are between 10 and 13 billion years old, whereas the maximum lifespan of superstars is two million years," said Mark Gieles, previously at the University of Surrey but now at the University of Barcelona, back in 2018. "They therefore disappeared very early from the clusters that are currently observable. Only indirect traces remain." The researcher states: "If the supermassive star scenario can be firmed up by future studies, this would provide an important step for our understanding of globular clusters and for the formation of supermassive stars in general, with numerous important implications.” Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-05-26 23:26
Hugh Grant's lawsuit alleging illegal snooping by The Sun tabloid cleared for trial
A London court has rejected an attempt by the publisher of The Sun newspaper to throw out a lawsuit by actor Hugh Grant alleging that journalists and investigators it hired illegally snooped on him
2023-05-26 23:15
Ukraine war: Russia destroys hospital in latest missile attack
More than 20 people were injured in the attack on a medical facility in the eastern city of Dnipro.
2023-05-26 22:25
Pope Francis pulls out of Friday audiences because of fever
The 86-year-old Pontiff cleared his morning schedule because of a fever, a Vatican spokesman has said.
2023-05-26 22:21
North Dakota Gov. Burgum set to make an announcement on June 7 in a sign of potential White House bid
In a sign pointing toward a possible Republican presidential bid, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is set to make an announcement June 7 in Fargo, a source familiar with the plans told CNN.
2023-05-26 21:47
George Washington University drops colonial nickname
George Washington University has changed its school nickname to the Revolutionaries.
2023-05-26 20:24