Major investment banks are coalescing around the view that the U.S. government’s borrowing needs should likely diminish through June, alleviating some of the anxiety that had gripped bond markets late last year. On Monday, Treasury is set to reveal its revised forecast for first-quarter borrowing and a preliminary estimate of its second-quarter needs. That announcement […]
NASA has composed a beautiful melody to represent the cosmic collision of two galaxies. The lenticular galaxy NGC 274 and barred spiral galaxy NGC 275, collectively known as Arp 140, are in the process of merging to form a single new structure. Following such a collision, the combination of interstellar material will trigger a burst
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. In a matter of months, they will dig their way out from underground, red eyes shining, deafening song filling the air. It will be a confluence of creatures the likes of which hasn’t been seen in
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Astronomers have uncovered a huge haul of hidden stars, including some violently erupting newborn protostars as well as others that fall under an unexpected new category of ancient giant red stars. They dub the latter bodies “old smokers.” These old smokers lurk at the heart of the Milky Way, the team says, sitting quietly for
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If the past is any guide, the S&P 500 index could continue to power higher in 2024 after posting strong returns in January, according to an analysis from Bespoke Investment Group. A team of stock-market analysts at Bespoke found that typically when the S&P 500 SPX is trading in positive territory for the month so
Evidence of ancient lake sediments at the base of Mars’ Jezero Crater offer new hope for finding traces of life in samples collected by NASA’s Perseverance rover. Perseverance touched down on Feb. 18, 2021 inside the Red Planet’s 28-mile-wide (45 kilometers) Jezero Crater, which is believed to have once hosted a large lake and river
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. shares were up 2% Friday, putting the stock on pace to snap a four-day it rose 7.8%. Shares of the movie-theater chain and original meme-stock darling have hit a series of record lows recently and ended Thursday’s session at an all-time closing low of $4.08. Related: AMC’s CEO bemoans ‘painful’ stock slide
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The International Space Station might keep flying past 2030. A senior NASA official said there is “no big concern” about the health of the International Space Station (ISS) that would require an operational stop six years from now, when the current agreement expires between most of the ISS partners. “There’s nothing magical that happens in
An asteroid discovered earlier this month will reach its closest point to Earth on Saturday (Jan. 27), when it will soar through the sky at a distance closer to us than the moon. Astronomers first detected the up to 121-foot-wide (37 meters) asteroid, dubbed 2024 BJ, on Jan. 17. They documented their discovery the following day, after calculating that
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Kickoff is four days away, and Costa Kladianos is preparing as if he were San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy getting ready to face the Detroit Lions in Sunday’s NFC Championship game. Before nearly 72,000 fans stream into Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. — a football’s throw from the heart of Silicon Valley —
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