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Intuitive Machines’ spacecraft touched down yesterday on the lunar surface . . . sideways. CEO Steve Altemus confirmed during a press conference Friday that, while it wasn’t a perfect landing, it’s nothing short of a miracle the spacecraft landed intact at all. Using a small model of the lander, Altemus demonstrated how engineers believe the spacecraft, called Odysseus, made its descent given the most recent telemetry data. “The vehicle is stable near or at our intended landing site,” Altemus said. “We’re downloading…

You can breathe easy and take the sticky tape off the windows because the solar system won't be hit by the rogue white dwarf WD 0810-353 in 29,000 years. ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) shows that early calculations were a bit off.Sometimes, you have to step back and look at the big picture. Unfortunately, the big picture can be pretty alarming. It's one thing to strive to achieve great things and to build a better world, but that comes off as a bit futile when you find out that a dirty big rogue star two-thirds the mass…

Last Updated: January 20, 2023, 19:17 ISTThe train stopped automatically after going about fifty metres ahead.As a result of this accident, the train got delayed by 3 hours. A big train accident was averted in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena on the night of January 18. The Telangana Express – travelling from New Delhi to Hyderabad – survived a major accident after the coupling connecting the coaches broke, dividing the train into two parts. This incident happened not once, but twice. The coupling was disconnected for the…

The American Cancer Society (ACS) has issued its annual Cancer Statistics report for 2023. The report highlights a 33% decrease in overall cancer mortality since 1991, preventing an estimated 3.8 million deaths. The report also projects 1,958,310 new cancer cases and 609,820 cancer deaths in the United States for 2023. These findings were published in the journal CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians and Cancer Facts & Figures 2023, which is a consumer-friendly version of the report. Credit: American Cancer…

Elon Musk said Twitter Inc. was on course for $3 billion of negative cash flow before he stepped in to stem losses by dismissing more than half the company’s staff. Elon Musk said Twitter Inc. was on course for $3 billion of negative cash flow before he stepped in to stem losses by dismissing more than half the company's staff. “That is why I spent the last five weeks cutting costs like crazy,” Musk said during a Twitter Spaces event late Tuesday. “This company is like, basically, you are in a plane that is headed…

President Biden signed a bill Friday restricting rail workers from striking, but the industry is still struggling with a big problem: having enough staff to handle customer demand. The largest U.S. freight railroads have reported strong profits in recent years, helped by higher prices and steady business in transporting everything from automobiles to fertilizer. Export demand for coal and grain, stemming from disruptions in supply chains in Europe after Russia invaded Ukraine, bolstered freight volumes…

WASHINGTON—The White House said Thursday it had reached a tentative agreement to avoid a potential railway strike that threatened to shut down a crucial vein of the U.S. economy.President Biden said the tentative deal “is an important win for our economy and the American people.” He credited the unions and rail companies “for negotiating in good faith and reaching a tentative agreement that will keep our critical rail system working and avoid disruption of our economy.”…