Explosion

What Janet DiGangi recalls most vividly about the day the Beatles came to town is eating cake and ice-cream with furious impatience. It was 12 September 1964, and DiGangi was 12, living in Boston, Massachusetts, the oldest of seven siblings. The Beatles were about to play Boston Garden but the family couldn’t leave until they’d celebrated her brother Peter’s second birthday with candles and presents.“I was furious, because I didn’t want to be late,” recalls DiGangi, now 72. She had saved up all her babysitting money to…

Skywatchers have one big thing to look forward to beyond April’s total solar eclipse. Astronomers say that the stars of T Coronae Borealis or T CrB, a binary system that resides roughly 3,000 light years from Earth, will be visible during a rare nova explosion later this year.The explosion is expected to be visible for an entire week when it happens, and NASA forecasts it could happen anything between now and September. Once astronomers have nailed down a more precise timing, we’ll be sure to provide an update…

The crypto market is infamous for its fluctuations, often leading to dramatic highs and lows. In this dynamic landscape, Bittensor Prediction (TAO), a relatively unassuming blockchain project, has recently drawn significant attention. The project’s value has surged remarkably since its launch, capturing the interest of the cryptocurrency community. Meanwhile, TRX (Tron) continues to perform well, maintaining steady growth amidst market volatility, as highlighted by various Tron Price Predictions. Amid these…

Subarctic grassland undergoing natural geothermal warming in Iceland. Credit: Christina KaiserNew findings enable more accurate prediction of the carbon cycle.Warmer soils harbor a greater diversity of active microbes, according to a new study from researchers at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CeMESS) at the University of Vienna. The study, published in Science Advances, represents a significant shift in our understanding of how microbial activity in the soil influences the global carbon…

A star system 3,000 light-years away, known as T Coronae Borealis, is expected to become visible to the naked eye between February and September 2024, due to a nova outburst. This rare event, occurring roughly every 80 years, will brighten the star from magnitude +10 to +2, making it as luminous as the North Star. The phenomenon is a result of a thermonuclear reaction within a binary star system, involving a white dwarf and a red giant, and represents a unique opportunity for skywatchers to witness a once-in-a-lifetime…

Nine Los Angeles firefighters were injured, two critically, in an explosion early Thursday in Wilmington as they tried to extinguish a fire on a semi-truck with pressurized natural gas tanks, authorities said.Ten firefighters responded to a vehicle fire shortly before 7 a.m. at 1120 N. Alameda St. in Wilmington, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The truck, which did not have a trailer used to transport cargo, was fueled by compressed natural gas. It had two 100 gallon tanks mounted on either side of the…

First off, my apologies for reminding you that you’re probably missing Elden Ring a lot right about now. Even though I sadly don’t bring you news regarding the upcoming DLC, I think you’d like to know that Twitter user twistedgwazi modded Elden Ring to turn one of the great dragon Placidusax’s attacks into the most spectacular explosion I’ve ever seen in a game. Consider putting on your sunglasses before witnessing what lies below — even if just to look cool: That’s not even a cutscene. That thing is happening in…

Eileen Sullivan / New York Times: US and UK law enforcement are bracing for an explosion of AI-generated CSAM, and criticize Meta, the authorities' best partner for flagging CSAM, over E2EE — Law enforcement officials are bracing for an explosion of material generated by artificial intelligence that realistically depicts children … Eileen Sullivan / New York Times: US and UK law enforcement are bracing for an explosion of AI-generated CSAM, and criticize Meta, the authorities' best partner…

Early on January 21, an asteroid explosion over Berlin caught the world by surprise. While it wasn’t the first time an asteroid exploded over a city, the fact that the asteroid, dubbed 2024 BXI, was only discovered hours beforehand was the real kicker.First spotted by self-proclaimed asteroid hunter Krisztián Sárneczky, an astronomer at the Piszkéstető Mountain Station in Hungary, 2024 BXI was a tiny asteroid. Shortly after its discovery by Sárneczky, NASA shared its own report, noting that it was expected to…

Elon Musk recently revealed that the explosion of the Starship’s upper stage this past November during its second test flight was caused by a propellant dump gone wrong. Despite this setback, the incident will not impact the megarocket’s upcoming scheduled flight in February, according to the SpaceX CEO.Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl TweetSpaceX’s second test of Starship, which took place on November 18, 2023, was a notable improvement over the first test, performed several months earlier on April 20. However, instead of a…