Mountain View, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Thanks to new research using data from the Kepler space telescope, it’s estimated that there could be as many as 300 million potentially habitable planets in our galaxy. Some could even be pretty close, with several likely within 30 light-years of our Sun. The findings will be[Read More…]
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Squandered Opportunities Yet Hope Remains: Dr. Timothy Angelotti on COVID-19, Wearing Masks (Exclusive – Video, Transcript)
Stanford, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Dr. Timothy Angelotti serves as Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine (Adult MSD) at Stanford University Medical Center. We chatted about COVID-19 and wearing masks well before the presidential election. Have been using this interview as background and have quoted Dr. Angelotti numerous times since our[Read More…]
Christmas Week: Worlds Will Align for Spectacular Heavenly Sight
Jupiter, Saturn will look like double planet for first time since Middle Ages Houston, TX-(ENEWSPF)- Just after sunset on the evening of Dec. 21, Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer together in Earth’s night sky than they have been since the Middle Ages, offering people the world over a celestial[Read More…]
Astronomers Discover New “Fossil Galaxy” Buried Deep Within the Milky Way
SDSS-(ENEWSPF)- Scientists working with data from the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys’ Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) have discovered a “fossil galaxy” hidden in the depths of our own Milky Way. This result, published today in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, may shake up our understanding of[Read More…]
Hubble Catches Possible ‘shadow Play’ of the Disk Around a Black Hole
Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Some of the most stunning views of our sky occur at sunset, when sunlight pierces the clouds, creating a mixture of bright and dark rays formed by the clouds’ shadows and the beams of light scattered by the atmosphere. Astronomers studying nearby galaxy IC 5063 are tantalized by[Read More…]
Number of COVID-19 Deaths Continues to Surge in Region
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The number of COVID-19 deaths in the Park Forest region began to surge in early November and continues to rise as the virus continues to threaten. According to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s site, there were 11 COVID deaths recorded by the CCME on October 30 and[Read More…]
Illinois Public Health Officials Announce 8,922 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest now has 1, 139 cases of COVID-19, 54 more than when we last surveyed November 13, a mere five days as of this writing. Fifty-four signals an alarming trend if it continues. Park Forest now has 5,315.23 cases per 100k people. 13,361 people in the[Read More…]
Kelly Bill to Protect Seniors Passes U.S. House
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed legislative language, introduced by Congresswoman Robin Kelly, to protect our seniors, older Americans, from COVID-19-related scams. Originally introduced as the bipartisan Protecting Seniors from Emergency Scams Act, the legislation was included in the Fraud and Scam Reduction Act (H.R. 2610) which the House passed on voice vote[Read More…]
Tier Three Resurgence Mitigations to Take Effect Statewide Friday Following Sharp Increase in COVID-19 Cases
As State Reports Record-Breaking Daily Case Totals and Hospitalizations, New Mitigations Aimed at Saving Lives, Protecting Economy, and Preventing Another Stay at Home Order; “Tier 3 boils down to this: if you don’t need to do it, don’t.” – Gov. Pritzker Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- With a new wave of COVID-19 surging[Read More…]
Illinois Doctors Support New Illinois COVID-19 Safety Measures
Warning, “If no action is taken we are on a trajectory that more people will get sick, deaths will increase and our health care delivery system will quickly become overrun,” Illinois State Medical Society President Robert W. Panton, M.D. issued a statement Tuesday supporting Governor J.B. Pritzker’s new COVID-19 safety[Read More…]
