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The new live-action “Star Wars” spin-off, limited series “Andor (opens in new tab)” is finally upon us, with the first three episodes now available to watch on Disney Plus (opens in new tab). And it has certainly got folk talking,…
The night sky tonight and on any clear night offers an ever-changing display of fascinating objects you can see, from stars and constellations to bright planets, often the moon, and sometimes special events like meteor showers. Observing the night sky can be done…
Among the five naked-eye planets, just one is out of the viewing loop this month and it just happens to be the brightest of all, Venus. It will be closely aligned beyond the sun as seen from the Earth on…
The full moon of October, called the Hunter’s Moon, will grace the skies on Oct. 9, the same day that the planet Mercury reaches its highest altitude in the pre-dawn sky, and a day after it reaches greatest elongation (separation) from the sun. …
On Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, just six days before Halloween the moon will pass in front of the sun creating a partial solar eclipse. The sun will appear as if a huge bite has been taken from it depending on…
Records of eclipses observed around 1,500 years ago have revealed the history of Earth’s rotation and how our planet’s movement has changed through recent human history. Researchers searched through records from the Byzantine Empire — the eastern half of the…
There is a reason the unmistakable orange-colored Celestron NexStar 8SE is the largest of the best-selling NexStar telescopes, and hailed by Celestron as the ‘world’s most beloved telescope’. The top-quality Schmidt-Cassegrain NexStar 8SE can absorb a phenomenal amount of light…
A new rocket just earned its wings. Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket aced a test flight today (Oct. 1), successfully delivering a handful of tiny satellites to Earth orbit for the first time ever. The 95-foot-tall (29 meters) rocket lifted off…
NASA’s historic Artemis 1 moon mission will now lift off in mid-November, if all goes according to plan. The space agency had aimed to launch the uncrewed Artemis 1 on Tuesday (Sept. 27), but Hurricane Ian nixed that plan. The…
NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission with astronauts to the International Space Station. Source link
