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Saturn’s iconic rings are disappearing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

By Ashley Strickland | CNNSaturn’s iconic icy rings may not be around for future skygazers to glimpse at through their telescopes, according to new research.A new analysis of data captured by NASA’s Cassini mission, which orbited the gas giant planet between 2004 and 2017, has revealed new insights into how long the rings have been around and when they may vanish from sight. The findings have been shared in three studies published in May.Our solar system and its planets formed about 4.6 billion years ago, and scientists have long debated the age and origin of Saturn’s rings. Some astronomers have argued that the bright, icy rings must be younger than expected because they haven’t been eroded and darkened by interactions with meteoroids across billions of years.The Cassini data has led to a new finding, published May 15 in the journal Icarus, that supports this theory of the rings appearing long after Saturn’s initial formation. Additional studies published on May 12 in Science Advan...

Should You Buy NFTs?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

Sponsored ContentOne of the largest NFT marketplaces in the world, Open Sea, was worth $1.5 billion in July 2021, and the amount accumulated by January 2022 was staggering. Despite the market drops, there is still a high demand for NFTs.Before finding out How and Where to Buy NFT, let us first find out why people want to invest in NFTs. In other words, you too might consider buying NFTs in light of the following reasons.1. Helping artists with NFTsHistorically, artists have been victimized by publishers, producers, and auction houses that force them into contracts they don’t want to be in. There are three main problems:Creators are often required to surrender their IP as part of their contracts, and they don’t have any control over how their work is displayed or adapted.In many cases, artists don’t get paid much for their work, and they miss out on profits when their work gets sold on secondary markets, meaning multinational corporations make the most money.NFTs co...

What to watch: Truth stings in ‘You Hurt My Feelings,’ with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

Knotty relationships wherein honesty doesn’t always prevail figure prominently in two of the best releases this week, one that’s popping up in theaters, the other on Apple TV+.Our Memorial Day weekend roundup also features a decent Gerard Butler spy thriller and a shockingly good Shudder! shocker and a worthwhile documentary on PBS.Here’s what’s worth seeing this long weekend:“You Hurt My Feelings”: It’s impossible not to develop a little crush, even if it’s a fleeting one, on Julia Louis-Dreyfus whenever she’s onscreen. Part of her appeal can be attributed to her frequently portraying people we relate to: Flawed humans who don’t always say and do the appropriate thing and often find themselves tangled up in a tight ball of neuroses.With “You Hurt My Feelings,” she’s paired, for a second time, with her ideal filmmaking muse, the sly chronicler of modern uneasiness and disorienting moral aches and pains, Nicole Holofcener. Never heard of her? Check our her work. You won’t be disappoi...

San Jose: Scooter driver who was ejected after hitting brush pile dies in hospital

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

SAN JOSE — A man who crashed a motorized scooter on San Jose city streets died in a hospital two days after the collision, according to authorities.The Santa Clara County Office of the Medical Examiner-Coroner identified him Wednesday as 37-year-old Foster City resident Andrew Zoen Hou Lam.Police said he was riding a motorized scooter southbound on Lundy Avenue near Rosebriar Way around 10:53 p.m. on May 15 when he struck a brush pile in the bike lane and was ejected from the scooter.He was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and died there on May 17.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Trial begins for California man accused of killing woman, 5 dogs during police chase The death was the 16th traffic death on San Jose city streets of 2023.

Man riding scooter dies after striking brush pile in San Jose bike lane

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

(KRON) -- A man who struck a brush pile riding a motorized scooter in the bike lane has died after several days in the hospital, the San Jose Police Department announced. The incident occurred on May 15 shortly before 10:53 a.m.The man was riding south in the bike lane on Lundy Avenue when his scooter struck a brush pile. The man was ejected from the scooter. SJPD officers responded and transported him to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Oakland Mayor Thao to address recent robbery crime spree Two days later, on May 17, the man was pronounced deceased, police said. The victim's identity is being withheld pending the Santa Clara County Coroner's Office confirming his identity and next of kin being notified.This is San Jose's 15th fatal collision and 16th traffic death of 2023.

Another small San Francisco business shutters

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

(KRON) -- Longtime South of Market neighborhood business Cole Hardware announced its plans to close its 345 9th Street location in San Francisco. The small business is shuttering its doors amid National Small Business Month, which is celebrated in May."Our small customer base for that location evaporated and continues to do so," current owner Rick Karp said in a statement. San Francisco bike shop closes after multiple break-ins The store's last operating day will be May 31. The store is offering customers a closing sale of 25 percent of everything at the SoMa store from May 24 through May 31 as they prepare to move their merchandise to other locations. The family-owned business has five other locations besides the SoMa store in North Beach, Rockridge, Russian Hill, Cole Valley and Downtown San Francisco. Cole Hardware first opened in 1920 in the Cole Valley neighborhood. Store officials cite the store's declining revenue and increasing operating costs since Covid as the main reaso...

Victim in multi-vehicle San Jose crash Monday has died

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

(KRON) -- A woman who suffered life-threatening injuries after a "major" car crash in the South Bay Monday has died, according to the San Jose Police Department. SJPD responded to the area of Monterey Highway and Live Oak Avenue at 6:13 p.m. for a wreck involving multiple vehicles. The victim was taken to a local hospital. Why do some parents kill their kids? Southbound Monterey Highway was closed between Live Oak Avenue and Palm Avenue due to the wreck. SJPD expects the closure will last several hours. Drivers were advised to avoid the area and find alternate routes.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

Leaked Report: “CIA Does Not Know” if Israel Plans to Bomb Iran

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

Whether Israel’s escalating threats of war with Iran over its nuclear program are saber-rattling or something more serious is a mystery even to the CIA, according to a portion of a top-secret intelligence report leaked on the platform Discord earlier this year. The uncertainty about the intentions of one of the U.S.’s closest allies calls into question the basis of the “ironclad” support for Israel publicly espoused by the Biden administration.The report — which was first covered by the Israeli channel i24 News and subsequently posted by DDoSecrets, a group that publishes leaked documents — reveals an undisclosed military exercise conducted by Israel. “On 20 February, Israel conducted a large-scale air exercise,” the intelligence report, produced by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on February 23, states. The exercise, it says, was “probably to simulate a strike on Iran’s nuclear program and possibly to demonstrate Jerusalem’s resolve to act against Te...

Taylor hits 44th career homer, TCU routs Kansas State 16-3

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Brayden Taylor hit his 44th career home run to tie the program record, Karson Bowen went 4 for 4 with two RBIs and TCU routed Kansas State 16-3 in seven innings on Wednesday to begin the Big 12 Tournament.Taylor opened the scoring with a three-run homer as TCU batted around in a five-run first inning. Taylor added an RBI double in the second and a two-run double in the fourth to make it 16-2.Fourth-seeded TCU (34-22), which closed out the regular season with a 2-1 series win at Kansas State, advances to the winners’ bracket on Thursday while Kansas State (33-23), the No. 5 seed, plays in a consolation game.TCU starter Cam Brown (4-2) struck out four in 3 1/3 innings of work before three walks and a hit batter gifted Kansas State its first run of the game. Jax Traeger took over and worked out of a jam, leaving the bases loaded.TCU answered in the bottom of the fourth with six runs and Traeger struck out three in the sixth.Owen Boerema (7-2) allowed eight...

Police in Wales face investigation over e-bike deaths of 2 teens that sparked Cardiff riot

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:00 GMT

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — A police watchdog said Wednesday it will investigate whether officers were chasing two boys who died in an e-bike crash that sparked rioting in the capital of Wales.The Independent Office for Police Conduct, which investigates deaths police may have been involved in, said it would investigate the South Wales force after video appeared to show a police van trailing behind a bike that had two people on it, shortly before the fatal crash Monday.Kyrees Sullivan, 16, and Harvey Evans, 15, died in the crash. Dozens of youths took to the street later, pelting police with objects and setting cars and trash bins ablaze. Fifteen officers were injured and 11 needed hospital treatment, police said. Several people were arrested.Police have said the boys weren’t being chased and that rumors of a chase on social media led to the rioting. The force referred itself to the watchdog for investigation.Deputy Chief Constable Rachel Bacon said late Wednesday that camera footag...