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…]
Year: 2020
Petition Packets Available for Spring Election in Park Forest
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- There are three Village Trustee and five Library Trustee seats open in Park Forest for the April 2, 2021, Consolidated Election, Clerk Shelia McGann announced at the November 16 meeting of the Village Board. Petition packets are now available. Those seeking office need roughly 150 signatures to[Read More…]
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…]
Park Forest Burglary Reports from Sept. 29 through Oct. 27
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The following are Park Forest burglary reports from September 29 through October 27, 2020. A black 9 mm Springfield Held Handgun was reported stolen from a vehicle parked in the 400 block of Tamarac Street on October 6. A wallet containing a drivers license, Social Security card,[Read More…]
Park Forest Burglary Reports from October 28 Through November 17, 2020
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- We turn back to burglary reports and remind readers to lock their vehicles and leave them locked at all times, even if returning to inside your home for a moment. For the record, there were no arrests in Park Forest between November 11 and November 17, 2020.[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…]
3 AM DUI: Park Forest Police Blotter Reports Through November 10, 2020
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- These police reports, which include a 3 AM DUI arrest, are complete through November 10, 2020. Charges for those arrested DUI and battery. There were no arrests for the next week, date ending November 7, 2020. There were burglary reports which we will publish. Please note that[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…]