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Victoria’s Secret has called on a cast of former “Angels” to rescue the bedeviled lingerie brand.

The struggling retailer tapped supermodels Gisele Bndchen, Naomi Campbell, Candice Swanepoel and Adriana Lima to helm its new “The Icon Collection” campaign, the company said Wednesday.

Victoria’s Secret disbanded the impossibly slim Angels in 2018 as the company embarked on a mission to make the brand more inclusive.

However, overall sales have sagged the past couple of years and the company has lost market dominance to rivals Aerie, Rihanna’s ultra-inclusive Savage X Fenty and Kim Kardashian’s Skims, which was recently valued at a staggering $4 billion.

The retailer generated $348 million in profits in 2022 — a sharp decline from the $646 million it made in 2021.

The company suffered a net loss of $72 million in 2020 as COVID lockdowns shuttered malls.

Skims also beat Victoria’s Secret to an “Icons” campaign, when it released photos of supermodels Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Alessandra Ambrosio and Swanepoel — all former Victoria’s Secret angels — donning Kardashian’s shapewear apparel last April.

Representatives for Victoria’s Secret did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

Despite being criticized over its very specific brand image, Victoria’s Secret kept its No. 1 spot as the top lingerie brand in 2022, according to consumer insights firm Brandessence Market Research.

The Ohio-based company’s new “Icon” collection, which also features Emily Ratajkowski and Hailey Bieber, centers around the lingerie brand’s new push-up demi bra, which was worn by supermodels Campbell and Swanepoel in a series of black-and-white photos shared to Victoria’s Secret’s social media pages on Wednesday.

The collection also includes panties, starting at $18.50, and slips and robes from $34.95 in sizes ranging from XS to XXL.

The centerpiece, the demi bra, will retail for $54.95 and ranges from 32A to 44DDD.

Despite the svelte waistlines seen in the campaign images, the collection’s size range is indicative of the brand’s move to get back in touch with its consumer base, who have bashed the company for being “tone-deaf” and slow to adopt more inclusive models and sizes.

“The collection was made to enhance one’s natural shape while staying true to the supportive and seamless look that we love,” Victoria’s Secret Chief Design Officer Janie Schaffer said in a press release.

“It’s an exciting, elevated collection to add to your wardrobe, while reinforcing that we are all icons.”

The size 0 waistlines and washboard abs that plagued Victoria’s Secret’s televised runway show were part of the reason the fashion show — at least as fans knew it — was cancelled ahead of its 2019 edition.

However, Victoria’s Secret announced it was bringing back the famed spectacle after a four-year hiatus in a pre-taped film that’s set to hit streaming services this fall.

This time around, there will be no “Angels” donning sparkly wings and instead has been teased as a showcase of women from around the world in a feature-length movie dubbed “Victoria’s Secret World Tour.”

Pieces in “The Icon” line will be featured in the upcoming show.

Victoria’s Secret, — which will release its second quarter earnings at the end of the month — posted net income of $1 million in the first quarter.

The figure was dismal compared to the $81 million in net income the brand brought in during the same period in 2022. Victoria’s Secret attributed the decline to its acquisition of fellow lingerie brand Adore Me for $400 million that was finalized in January.

Victoria’s Secret noted in its Q1 earnings report that the company’s second-quarter earnings will likely follow a similar trend.

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Climate Satellite MethaneSAT Fails After Just One Year in Orbit

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Climate Satellite MethaneSAT Fails After Just One Year in Orbit

One of the world’s most advanced satellites for detecting methane and other gases that contribute to the warming of the planet has gone dark and stopped communicating with ground-based controllers just over a year after being launched into orbit. Created by the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), the satellite — estimated to cost as much as $88 million — hitched a ride into space on a SpaceX rocket in March 2024. It was charged with monitoring methane leaks from oil and gas operations, and then making the data available to policymakers and scientists through open access. But on June 20, contact with the satellite was lost, and attempts to recover it have failed. EDF officially reported on July 1 that MethaneSAT has lost power and appears unlikely to recover.

MethaneSAT Failure Marks Setback for Climate Transparency Despite Data Gains and Global Support

As per a statement released by EDF, MethaneSAT’s failure came despite multiple recovery attempts. The satellite was constructed to lift the veil off methane’s invisible, weighty impact on global warming. It is nowhere near as common as carbon dioxide, but over a timescale of, say, a century, it is 20 to 30 times more efficient at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. That makes its emissions a prime target in the effort to minimize the risks of global warming. MethaneSAT was developed to independently corroborate industrial methane reports, especially those from fossil fuel extraction. The loss of the satellite is a remarkable setback for transparency in climate science and monitoring of emissions worldwide.

Yet mission operators are hopeful that data already collected will have far-reaching effects. EDF emphasized that insights from MethaneSAT’s year in orbit will continue to be processed and made public in the coming months. The mission included backing from 10 partners such as Harvard University, the New Zealand Space Agency, BAE Systems, Google, and the Bezos Earth Fund.

Officials called MethaneSAT a bold and needed move to hold our climate accountable. Although the mission was cut short, it signaled one of the largest joint efforts between science, advocacy, and technology to battle climate change. “To succeed in meeting the climate challenge, we need bold action and fearless innovation,” EDF mentioned, describing the satellite as “at the vanguard of science.”
MethaneSAT’s brief history highlights the difficulty — and importance — of deploying space-based instruments to try and combat climate change. As other missions get ready to blaze the same trail, the data and experience this little spacecraft provided will influence the future of Earth observation.

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New Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Speeds Through Solar System

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New Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Speeds Through Solar System

A newly confirmed interstellar comet is making a rare passage through our solar system — and skywatchers can catch it live online tonight. The object, now called 3I/ATLAS, is just the third interstellar visitor ever detected after the well-known ‘Oumuamua (2017) and 2I/Borisov (2019). The comet was so fresh when first detected on July 1 by the ATLAS telescope in Chile that it hadn’t even been given a name yet; the Minor Planet Center has it listed as “3I,” the “I” standing for interstellar. Tonight’s webcast will kick off at 6 p.m. EDT (2200 GMT) from the Virtual Telescope Project’s virtual observing facilities in Italy.

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Speeds Toward Sun at 68 km/s, Offers Rare Study Opportunity

As per a report by Space.com, 3I/ATLAS was detected as a faint object displaying subtle cometary features, including a marginal coma and a short tail. Currently located 4.5 astronomical units (AU) from the sun — about 670 million kilometers (416 million miles) — the comet is faint at magnitude 18.8, making it invisible to amateur telescopes. The interstellar object is traveling at an astonishing pace of 68 kilometers per second (152,000 mph) relative to the sun, but NASA officials say it poses no danger to Earth.

It was imaged by the Virtual Telescope Project on July 2, showing the comet as a point of light within the trailing background stars — a sure indication that it is indeed moving through space. 3I/ATLAS should brighten a little as it approaches the sun, particularly when it gets closest, or its perihelion, on Oct. 30, when it swings within 1.4 astronomical units of the sun or Mars’ orbit.

The close pass by this interstellar visitor is a rare chance for astronomers to study the materials and dynamics outside our solar system. 3I/ATLAS, which is racing along at a frenetic pace on an elliptical orbit, may also support research into how these objects change as they sit in different stellar environments.

After disappearing behind the sun in late fall, 3I/ATLAS is projected to return to observational reach in early December. Researchers anticipate further analysis then, expanding our understanding of these rare visitors that traverse the galaxy — and occasionally, pass through our celestial neighborhood.

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The Hunt: Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Now Available For Streaming on SonyLIV

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OKX CEO apologizes after ‘false positives’ lock users out of accounts

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OKX CEO apologizes after ‘false positives’ lock users out of accounts

OKX CEO apologizes after ‘false positives’ lock users out of accounts

The CEO of OKX says that “false positives” are among the biggest challenges the crypto exchange faces in ensuring global compliance.

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