The supermoon lunar eclipse on Jan. 31 is shaping up to be a spectacular spectacle as well as a boon for moon researchers, according to NASA moon scientist Noah Petro. Space.com caught up with Petro, deputy project scientist for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, about his advice for […]
The Hawaii employee who sent out a false alarm warning of an incoming missile attack earlier this month said he misunderstood that a drill was underway and believed that a ballistic missile had actually been fired at the state, authorities said Tuesday. Officials also revealed that the errant Jan. 13 alert, which sent waves of […]
ATM maker Diebold Nixdorf Inc warned banks that hackers may be targeting U.S. cash machines with tools that force them to spit out cash, the latest development to highlight the increasing threat hackers pose to financial firms. The company said on Friday that U.S. authorities had warned it that so-called “jackpotting” attacks could move from […]
A $150 million NASA satellite which died from systems failure just five years after its launch has somehow reactivated and is still broadcasting, Science reported Friday. Astronomer Scott Tilley was searching for signs of Zuma, a classified U.S. government satellite of unknown purpose that officials declared a “total loss” shortly after its launch, when he […]
If you have space-obsessed friends, you might have heard the name “Falcon Heavy” used a lot lately. Falcon Heavy is a brand new rocket that’s set to launch for the first time ever on February 6, SpaceX announced on Saturday. The buzz can be attributed to the Falcon Heavy’s size: It will be the most […]
A decade after the world descended into a devastating economic crisis, a key marker of revival has finally been achieved. Every major economy on earth is expanding at once, a synchronous wave of growth that is creating jobs, lifting fortunes and tempering fears of popular discontent. No tidy, all-encompassing narrative explains how the world has […]
MONTREAL — The United States International Trade Commission on Friday struck down a Commerce Department recommendation that America place steep duties on imported Canadian jets, bringing an end to a trade dispute that has stoked tensions between normally close allies. The case was brought by Boeing, which accused the Canadian jet maker Bombardier of subsidizing […]
The economy grew solidly for a third straight quarter late last year on strong consumer spending and business investment, but the performance fell short of analysts’ estimates. The nation’s gross domestic product — the value of all goods and services produced in the U.S. — increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.6%, following […]
Bitcoin prices and the value of other cryptocurrencies dropped on Friday as Tokyo-based Coincheck Inc. revealed that as much as $530 million in digital assets had been stolen, eliciting shades of the Mt. Gox hack back in 2014. In fact, at about half a billion dollars in digital assets absconded, the hack would represent the […]
A private satellite company launched a three-foot-wide, carbon-fiber orb called the Humanity Star into the sky last week. Rocket Lab has promised the Humanity Star will be “the brightest thing in the sky,” presumably other than the sun. The orb will reflect light from the sun back to Earth to achieve this effect. It’s expected to […]
American Airlines is flying high after reporting fourth quarter earnings and revenues that came in higher than Wall Street estimates. The solid results are more proof that the world’s largest airline has been transformed since its time in bankruptcy court and its 2013 merger with US Airways. Ahead of that earnings news, CEO Doug Parker […]
A federal advisory committee on Thursday recommended that the Food and Drug Administration reject a bid by Philip Morris International to market a smokeless tobacco stick in the United States as safer than traditional cigarettes. The product, called IQOS, is an electronic penlike device that heats tobacco sticks but does not burn them. It releases […]
