LOS ANGELES — At least nine people were injured Wednesday evening as the Los Angeles Police Department seized thousands of pounds of illegal fireworks, officials said. Some of the fireworks were in the process of being detonated when the blast occurred around 6 p.m. in a residential area, multiple officials […]
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Virgin Orbit launched seven satellites into orbit Wednesday, marking its first commercial mission. Virgin Orbit’s aircraft, a Boeing 747 better known as Cosmic Girl, took flight shortly after 9:50 a.m. ET from the Mojave Air and Space Port, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. After reaching its drop-off point […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Thursday he’ll push to further upgrade relations with China, his main ally, as he struggles to navigate his country out of a deepening crisis linked to the pandemic. Kim made the comments in a message to Chinese President […]
It was an all too familiar sight; Andy Murray fighting with everything he has deep into a south-west London night on a Centre Court that has witnessed so many of his greatest victories, but even after 16 years after his Wimbledon debut it still never gets old. Not for the […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Capella Space launched its fourth synthetic aperture radar satellite June 30 with a Maxwell electric thruster manufactured by propulsion startup Phase Four. “The Maxwell systems in our satellites have been functioning nominally in the lab and in orbit, and Phase Four has provided great customer service all […]
By Leah Crane The newly discovered white dwarf shown next to the moon as a size comparison Caltech The smallest white dwarf star ever found is about the same size as Earth’s moon, but more massive than the sun. It appears to be shrinking, which could lead to a colossal […]
The most recent attempt by Britney Spears‘ team to remove her father from her conservatorship has proven unsuccessful. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge denied a request from the pop star’s lawyer, Samuel D. Ingham III, to have Jamie Spears dropped as his daughter’s co-conservator, as stated in the court order obtained […]
HBO’s The Last of Us TV series has just added another name to its growing cast with Nico Parker (Dumbo) slated to play Joel’s daughter. Parker is the latest casting decision revealed to star alongside Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian) as Joel, Bella Ramsey (Game of Thrones) as Ellie, Gabriel Luna as Tommy Miller, […]