Green comet zooming our way, last visited 50,000 years ago
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — (AP) — A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years. Scientists are confident in their orbital calculations putting the comet's last swing through the solar system's planetary neighborhood at 50,000 years ago. The comet — a time capsule from the emerging solar system 4.5 billion years ago — came from what’s known as the Oort Cloud well beyond Pluto. While comet ZTF originated in our solar system, we can't be sure it will stay there, Chodas said. If it gets booted out of the solar system, it will never return, he added.
wftv.comMars shelves M&M spokescandies in latest woke corporate fiasco
The M&M spokescandies are only the latest to get swallowed up by the left’s dominance of corporate culture. Mia from Land O Lakes butter and her buddy the Frito Bandito were simply sacrificed on the altar of corporate wokemanship. The M&M public relations strategy was to turn a popular family brand woke overnight. M&M'S DITCHES ‘SPOKESCANDIES’ – FOR NOW – AFTER STEPS TO PROMOTE INCLUSIVITY DEEMED TOO POLARIZINGThat didn’t used to be the case and, fair to say, Mars started it. M&Ms finally ditched the woke marketing the company tried to ram down customers’ throats almost a year ago to the day.
foxnews.comMars pauses using M&Ms 'spokescandies,' enlists Maya Rudolph
NEW YORK — (AP) — Mars says it's pausing using its trademark M&M's spokescandies and has enlisted actor and comedian Maya Rudolph to star in its marketing efforts, including its Super Bowl ad campaign. The news comes three weeks before M&Ms is set to return to the Super Bowl with an ad after sitting it out last year. Planters teased its Super Bowl ad nearly two weeks before the game, releasing a teaser that showed its Mr. Peanut mascot seemingly being killed. The actual Super Bowl ad was relatively inoffensive, with a baby Mr. Peanut appearing at the funeral. The Super Bowl LVII will take place Feb. 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and will be broadcast on Fox.
wftv.comMars pauses using M&Ms 'spokescandies,' enlists Maya Rudolph
NEW YORK — (AP) — Mars says it's pausing using its trademark M&M's spokescandies and has enlisted actor and comedian Maya Rudolph to star in its marketing efforts, including its Super Bowl ad campaign. The news comes three weeks before M&Ms is set to return to the Super Bowl with an ad after sitting it out last year. Planters teased its Super Bowl ad nearly two weeks before the game, releasing a teaser that showed its Mr. Peanut mascot seemingly being killed. The actual Super Bowl ad was relatively inoffensive, with a baby Mr. Peanut appearing at the funeral. The Super Bowl LVII will take place Feb. 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and will be broadcast on Fox.
wftv.com2023 brings 13 full moons, 4 supermoons, 1 blue moon
Skywatchers will have a full slate of full moons in 2023 with the first coming only a few days into the new year. >> Read more trending newsAccording to NJ.com, there will be 13 full moons, four supermoons and one blue moon this year. Supermoons are when the orbit of the moon is the closest to earth than the rest of the year, making the moon appear to be about 30% bigger than at other times. In addition to the 13 full moons, 2023 will also have other big events in the night sky, according to EarthSky. From July 19 to July 21, Venus will have Mars, Mercury and Regulus traveling what it along with a waxing crescent moon.
wftv.comSunny and warmer Thursday in Central Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. — Central Florida continues to warm after weathering a chilly holiday weekend. Things will warm up nicely in our area after we move past a cold and foggy morning. Watch: NASA shares new images of winter landscapes high above MarsThursday will be mostly sunny with high temperatures in the mid-70s. Cheez-it Bowl forecastOur high temperatures will then rise into the 80s for Friday and Saturday. Watch: Video shows dog trapped behind seawall being rescued in FloridaRain chances will remain low until late Saturday, when we will have a 40% chance of scattered storms.
wftv.comNASA Mars lander InSight falls silent after 4 years
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — (AP) — It could be the end of the red dusty line for NASA’s InSight lander, which has fallen silent after four years on Mars. "It's assumed InSight may have reached the end of its operations," NASA said late Monday, adding that its last communication was Thursday. The most recent marsquake sensed by InSight, earlier this year, left the ground shaking for at least six hours, according to NASA. Just last week, scientists revealed that InSight scored another first, capturing a Martian dust devil not just in pictures, but sound. NASA still has two active rovers on Mars: Curiosity, roaming the surface since 2012, and Perseverance, which arrived early last year.
wftv.comMars rover captures 1st sound of dust devil on red planet
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — (AP) — What's a dust devil sound like on Mars? It's about 10 seconds of not only rumbling gusts of up to 25 mph (40 kph), but the pinging of hundreds of dust particles against the rover Perseverance. Photographed for decades at Mars but never heard until now, dust devils are common at the red planet. The microphone picked up 308 dust pings as the dust devil whipped by, said Murdoch, who helped build it. Of the 84 minutes collected in its first year, there's “only one dust devil recording,” she wrote in an email from France.
wftv.comFull cold moon: 10 stunning images of last full moon of 2022
>> Read more trending newsThe “cold moon” peaked at 11:08 p.m. The name “cold moon” comes from the cooling, downright frigid, temperatures in December, according to the almanac. Other names include “frost exploding trees moon” from the Cree, “moon of the popping trees” from the Oglala people and the “moon when the deer shed their antlers,” used by the Dakota people. Here are 10 stunning images of the cold moon shared on social media with the hashtag #coldmoon or #fullmoon:Photo by: @AJamesMcCarthyThis is the moment Mars peeked out from behind our moon after being hidden for an hour. (Photo by Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images) (Jacob King - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)©2022 Cox Media Group
wftv.comFull cold moon: Final full moon of 2022 rises Wednesday night
The final full moon of 2022 will rise Wednesday night. >> Read more trending newsThe “cold moon” will peak at 11:08 p.m. It comes on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 17 mission launch, the last time a person set foot on the moon, CNN reported. The name “cold moon” comes from the cooling, downright frigid, temperatures in December, according to the almanac. Other names include “frost exploding trees moon” from the Cree, “moon of the popping trees” from the Oglala people and the “moon when the deer shed their antlers,” used by the Dakota people.
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