Porn and movies, not tech secrets, found on Chinese spy suspect's NASA laptop The Chinese national taken into custody on an airplane waiting to take off for home had pornography and illegally downloaded movies on his NASA computer, not government secrets, reports say. He is now set to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of violating NASA computer rules. More
One flight closer to space tourism Virgin Galactic is one flight closer to becoming a commercial "spaceline." The company's passenger spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, completed its first rocket-powered flight Monday morning above the Mojave Desert in California. More
U.S. plans to drop gray wolves from endangered list The planned ruling would eliminate protection for the top predators, but scientists and conservationists say the proposal is flawed. Federal authorities intend to remove endangered species protections for all gray wolves in the Lower 48 states, carving out an a exception for a small pocket of about 75 Mexican wolves in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico, according to a draft document obtained by The Times. More
Mars rover Perseverance reaches top of Jezero Crater ahead of next phase of exploration The Perseverance rover has spent more than three years on Mars scouring the area's rocks and soil for evidence that life once existed on the planet. Late in August, Perseverance began a slow ascent to ... 12/17/2024 - 2:40 am | View Link
Gigantic 'spiderwebs' on Mars are the next big target for NASA's Curiosity rover, agency reveals Here’s how it works. The ever-reliable Curiosity rover is about to begin a new quest to study giant "spiderwebs" on Mars' surface, after successfully concluding its previous mission, NASA has ... 11/28/2024 - 11:00 am | View Link
OTD In Space On November 26, 2011, the NASA Curiosity rover launched to Mars. Curiosity was the biggest and most powerful rover anyone had ever sent to the Red Planet. The two-ton science laboratory is about ... 11/26/2024 - 5:00 am | View Link
NASA Curiosity Shares Stunning 360 View of Mars With Strange White Rocks The Mars rover’s tracks across the... NASA’s Curiosity captured this panorama using its Mastcam while heading west away from Gediz Vallis channel on Nov. 2, 2024, the 4,352nd Martian day ... 11/21/2024 - 2:24 am | View Link
NASA's Curiosity rover captures 360-degree view of Mars — and finds strange sulfur stones The Mars rover, built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has slowly scaled Mount Sharp since 2014. This mountain, officially monikered "Aeolis Mons," was discovered in the 1970s; cut into its ... 11/20/2024 - 12:00 pm | View Link
After a tumultuous week, Miami Dolphins star wide receiver Tyreek Hill is expected to play against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.
Hill was a surprise addition to the Dolphins’ injury report Friday, deemed questionable with both his nagging wrist injury and an undisclosed personal matter.
But according to an ESPN report late Saturday night, Hill is expected to be available for the 4:25 p.m.
General Daily Insight for December 22, 2024
The path forward may seem to zig and zag as the day moves along. The Moon in analytical Virgo will trine change-maker Uranus in stable Taurus before opposing mystical Neptune in dreamy Pisces, encouraging us to think outside the box and follow our intuition.
Rickey Henderson, the thrilling and charismatic Hall of Fame outfielder who, with his signature crouched stance, blazing speed and unlikely home run power, was widely regarded as the greatest leadoff hitter in Major League Baseball history, died Friday. He was 65.
His death was announced by his family. They did not cite a cause or say where he died, but they thanked the staff at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center.
Often called “the man of steal” by sports writers, Henderson holds the career record for stolen bases with 1,406.
ORLANDO – Observations and other notes of interest from Saturday night’s 121-114 loss to the Orlando Magic:
– This was no time for easing off the gas.
– Not when a two-game losing streak could have turned into three.
– Not with Jimmy Butler back in Miami with a stomach illness.
– But, most importantly, not after what happened Monday night in Detroit.
– That’s when the Pistons opened without Tobias Harris and Jaden Ivey and then lost Isaiah Stewart early.
– And still found a way to beat the Heat in overtime.
– Even with Butler going for a triple-double.
– This time, the opposition was a Magic team lacking Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs, Orlando’s three best players, also without Garry Harris and then losing Moe Wagner early, followed by a second-period ejection of starting power forward Wendell Carter Jr.
– What you do, what you need to do in that situation, is stomp early, try to settle it early.
– As so many opponents did last season, when the Heat struggled through their injury-plagued season.
– Which the Heat tried.
– So mission accomplished?
– Not exactly, with closing still mattering.
– So, no, this did not erase the bitter taste of Monday night.
– Just added.
– Good teams seize such moments.
– Then there are the Heat.
– Which tells you plenty.
– With Butler sidelined by the illness that had him leaving the game for good in Friday night’s first quarter against the Thunder, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra turned to a dramatically different opening lineup.
– This time the Heat opened with Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Duncan Robinson .
ORLANDO — Just when you thought any worse wasn’t possible after blowing an eight-point overtime lead in Detroit at the start of the week, it got worse for the Miami Heat at the end of the week.
Against a severely depleted Orlando Magic roster, the absence of Jimmy Butler hardly appeared to register through the first three quarters for Erik Spoelstra’s team, with the Heat racing to a 25-point lead.
And then, a collapse of epic proportions, and now, a three-game losing streak following Saturday night’s 121-114 loss at Kia Center.
“These are tough lessons that we all have to learn,” Spoelstra said.
Keyshawn Hall and Jordan Ivy-Curry combined to score 40 points as UCF closed out its nonconference portion of its season with an 86-66 win over visiting Jacksonville on Saturday.
The Knights also saw the return of guards Jaylin Sellers and Mikey Williams, who were making their season debuts.
Sellers, a senior, went down with an undisclosed injury in an exhibition game against Florida Gulf Coast on Oct.