Gov. Jared Polis said Thursday he will reverse the state’s plans to increase reimbursement rates for health care providers who see Medicaid recipients to help address a roughly $750 million hole in the state budget caused by the Republican federal tax and spending bill. That will save the state about $38 million by forgoing a planned 1.6% rate hike. That’s the …
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Warped spacetime with surprise ‘double-zoom’ reveals radiation around distant supermassive black hole
Thanks to a theory put forward by Albert Einstein over 100 years ago and a happy coincidence, astronomers have discovered radiation being pumped out from the core of a quasar — within which a supermassive black hole lurks. The team, led by Matus Rybak of Leiden University, made the discovery while hunting for cold gas in the galaxy RXJ1131-1231, an …
Read More »LIGO, facing threats of closure, more than doubles its black hole haul
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he answers the biggest questions of all. It’s amazing how far we’ve come, scientifically, in the span of only ten years. Back in 2015, humanity didn’t know whether a core prediction of Einstein’s General Relativity — the existence of energy-carrying gravitational waves — …
Read More »Milky Way galaxy’s central black hole is pointing directly at Earth
A new analysis argues that the Milky Way’s central black hole, Sagittarius A*, spins at maximum velocity with its axis aimed almost directly at Earth. The result emerges from a machine learning read of the Event Horizon Telescope data that pulls out subtle signals from ordinary methods left on the table. Those signals sit on top of a …
Read More »Powell just gambled big in Jackson Hole. Will it pay off? – MarketWatch
Powell just gambled big in Jackson Hole. Will it pay off? MarketWatch Dollar rebounds from slump spurred by Powell’s dovish surprise Reuters Fed Chair Jerome Powell is worried about the job market. Here are 3 red flags for workers. CBS News Powell’s Rate Cut Signal Reflects Economy’s Delicate Position The Wall Street Journal Swan Song in the Rockies Makes Music for Markets Bloomberg.com Source link
Read More »Democrats are nixing about $150M in tax breaks to address Colorado’s $750M budget hole. They could be doing more.
As Democratic state lawmakers last week briefed their colleagues on measures ending or cinching tax loopholes and breaks as part of an effort to plug a roughly $750 million hole in the state budget, they kept repeating a variation of the same line: We could be doing more. “This is not good tax policy,” state Rep. Emily Sirota, D-Denver, told …
Read More »"Shocking Spiral Secret": Webb Telescope Shows 60% Galaxies Turning Clockwise, Stirring Alarming Theory of Universe Inside Black Hole – Rude Baguette
“Shocking Spiral Secret”: Webb Telescope Shows 60% Galaxies Turning Clockwise, Stirring Alarming Theory of Universe Inside Black Hole Rude Baguette New space discoveries: Is an alien probe headed our way? Are we living inside a black hole? Central Oregon Daily All most shocking discoveries of the James Webb telescope since beginning of its operation MSN “Terrifying Cosmic Trap”: Kansas State Researchers Reveal Galaxies …
Read More »“Terrifying Cosmic Trap”: Kansas State Researchers Reveal Galaxies Spinning Clockwise, Fueling Explosive Theory of Universe Inside Black Hole
IN A NUTSHELL 🔭 Researchers discovered a significant pattern in the rotational direction of ancient galaxies using the James Webb Space Telescope. 🌀 Approximately 60% of these galaxies rotate clockwise, challenging the previous belief of random galactic rotations. 🌌 A bold hypothesis suggests that our universe might be trapped within a massive black hole. 🔍 Alternative explanations consider observational bias, …
Read More »Ether erases gains from Jackson Hole rally after hitting new record
Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Ether is pulling back to start the week, after hitting a fresh record over the weekend. The price of the second largest cryptocurrency fell 6% to $4,548.32 on Monday, according to Coin Metrics. On Sunday, it rose to a fresh record of $4,954.81, after hitting an earlier all-time high Friday for the first time …
Read More »Dow Marks First Record Close of 2025; S&P 500, Nasdaq Soar After Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech; Palantir, Walmart, Nvidia, More Movers
The Dow Jones Industrial Average marked a record close on Friday, its first in 2025. Small-cap stocks and Treasuries also rallied, as investors got the clearest indication yet from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that the central bank could cut interest rates in September. The Dow rose 846 points, or 1.9%, while the S&P 500 gained 1.5% and the Nasdaq …
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