The recent deaths of two white dwarf stars are challenging our understanding of both novae and the powerful physics underlying star death. According to astronomer John Monnier, the initial analysis of these often dramatic novae offers an “extraordinary leap forward” for the field. “The fact that we can now watch stars explode and immediately see…
The biggest story for investors in the week ahead will be all the stories that won’t be told. Should the government remain shut down, releases including the Census Bureau’s imports and exports figures, wholesale trade and inventories, and the key jobless claims numbers from the Labor Department will be delayed. And this after we already…
00:00 Speaker A Brian, we did just get some numbers on consumer confidence from the University of Michigan. This was the July preliminary numbers. So the the first look here at July and it came in a little stronger than economists had forecast and stronger than June. 61.8 was the reading here. Um so seeing…