TESS offers new insights into an ultra-hot world

The illustration shows how the planet KELT-9 b sees its host star. Over the course of a single orbit, the planet twice experiences heating and cooling cycles caused by the unusual pattern of temperatures on the star’s surface. Between the star’s hot poles and the cold equator, temperatures vary by …

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Airbus to cut 15,000 jobs

PARIS – The coronavirus pandemic continued to wreak havoc on global aviation when aerospace giant Airbus announced Tuesday that it would cut nearly 15,000 jobs in its global workforce, the largest reduction in the company’s history. Citing a 40 percent drop in commercial jet business activity and an “unprecedented crisis” …

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Network claims to advance bills to reduce voting by mail

Republican lawmakers in states across the country are advancing bills that would prevent election officials from submitting absentee ballots before the November election, even in states where those top officials are fellow Republicans. At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, secretaries of state in places like Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, South …

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