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The patrons of the Slaughtered Lamb, the traditional Yorkshire pub with some striking decor in John Landis’ American Werewolf in London, may want to keep their werewolf on the down low, but the European Southern Observatory (ESO) saw Halloween as the perfect opportunity to unleash an image of a cosmic beast. This blood-curdling celestial werewolf […]
The Vitals Official name Algol Other designations Beta Persei, HIP 14576, HD 19356, HR 936 Nickname Demon Star Apparent magnitude 2.12 (variable; fades to 3.4) Distance from Earth 90 light-years Type B8, main sequence Color Blue-white Mass 3.5 solar masses Radius 2.9 solar radii Constellation Perseus Right ascension 03h 08m 10s Declination +40° 57’ 20” […]
An artist’s conception shows SpaceX’s Starship rocket on the Moon. SpaceX After more than half a century, NASA is planning to return to the Moon with Artemis III. This first crewed landing of the Artemis program will see astronauts exploring the lunar south pole region. As a prelude, this week NASA announced the selection of […]
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that planet-forming disks in the Orion nebula actually surround “failed stars,” or brown dwarfs. This is the first confirmation that planet-forming, flattened clouds of gas and dust called “protoplanetary disks” surround these peculiar cosmic objects. The team discovered this while using the James Webb Space Telescope […]
A SpaceX Dragon capsule looks a little ghostly in a new image taken from the space station. NASA astronaut Don Pettit snapped a picture of the Crew Dragon Freedom after the Crew-9 mission, SpaceX‘s ninth operational astronaut effort for the agency, docked at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sept. 29. The black-and-white image shows […]
How it started versus how it’s going for astronaut Nick Hague with ISS Ham Radio on the space station. Since November 2000, crew members like Hague have used ham radio to communicate with people on Earth through this educational program, also known as Amateur Radio on the International Space Station or ARISS. So far, there […]
NASA’s Perseverance rover captured the silhouette of the Martian moon Phobos as it passed in front of the Sun on Sept. 30, 2024. The video shows the transit speeded up by four times, followed by the eclipse in real time. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/SSI The tiny, potato-shaped moon Phobos, one of two Martian moons, cast a silhouette as […]