Streams of Starlink satellites reported as UFOS, and it will happen again | KLAS - 8 News Now
Frank Gonzales told Albuquerque’s KRQE News 13 what he saw earlier this week: "There were lights going across the whole sky . And at first, I'd seen them coming from a bright light over there, and then I started counting them, and I counted like 30."
Aliens. I thought it was UFOs, I really did. I've never seen nothing like it. I thought it was UFOs.
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An experiment that was part of the Jan. 6 SpaceX launch attempted to “mask” satellites so they didn’t appear so bright in the night sky, but that technology is intended to be used when the satellites reach their final orbit — not when they initially stream through the sky soon after launch.
How robots are replacing wheelchairs to help people walk again
Another robotic mobility solution is being designed by a group at Caltech, led by Aaron Ames. Exoskeletons are essentially walking robots which people can be strapped into. Although they can currently cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, Ames says they're at a tipping point that could allow production volumes that would bring costs down.
"We have the math. We have the science. We have the technology to get exoskeletons and other assisted devices into people's homes in the near term," Ames said.
Hello and Welcome: Robot Waiters to the Rescue Amid Virus - GV Wire
When Shaosong Hu saw robotic waiters serving food in China last fall, he knew exactly what he wanted for his restaurant in the Dutch beachside town of Renesse. He just didn't have a clue how useful they would prove.
The coronavirus pandemic has turned a whimsical idea into perhaps a window into a dystopian future where a human touch may make people cringe with fear, and a waiter clearing the table sends a customer tense with stress — only to be relieved by a soothing brush with plastic.
Microsoft 'to replace journalists with robots' - BBC News
Microsoft is to replace dozens of contract journalists on its MSN website and use automated systems to select news stories, US and UK media report.
The curating of stories from news organisations and selection of headlines and pictures for the MSN site is currently done by journalists.
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The US tech giant said in a statement: "Like all companies, we evaluate our business on a regular basis. This can result in increased investment in some places and, from time to time, redeployment in others. These decisions are not the result of the current pandemic."
A robot sheepdog? 'No one wants this,' says one shepherd - The Verge
The footage comes from New Zealand firm Rocos, which announced a partnership this week with Boston Dynamics, maker of the four-legged Spot robot that stars in the video (and many others). Rocos makes software to control robots remotely, and the video demonstrates one potential use-case: agriculture.
"Equipped with payloads like heat, LIDAR, gas and high resolution camera sensors, Spot navigates rugged environments to capture data in real time," says the company in a blog post. "In agriculture, farmers can access information such as more accurate and up-to-date yield estimates. This provides access to a new category of automation, and a safer, more efficient business."
Leah Hu, left, and her brother Leon demonstrate the use of robots for serving purposes or for dirty dishes collection, as part of a tryout of measures to respect social distancing and help curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at the family's Royal Palace restaurant in Renesse, Netherlands, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
If there was ever a good time for the robots-taking-over-jobs argument, this may be it. Not just because factory owners don't want to pay for rising labor costs, but because workers don't want to gather every day in petri dishes.
Toadi Robot Mower Is Part Of A Master Plan For Worker Robots
"It's the world's first lawn robot that doesn't need a manual," the CEO says. "Not only that, our Toadi doesn't have any button, no keypad, no nothing. Because you don't need it."
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"She will then automatically start to mow and use AI and the map to navigate in your yard," Lorrez says. "She also calculates how large the area is and makes a mowing schedule based on the complexity and size of your yard.
Toadi plans to have its first U.S. production center up and running by October, to begin deliveries in November, pending any delays from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Robots Delivering Food, Groceries In Frisco – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
FRISCO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Robots are now sharing streets and sidewalks in Frisco with cars and pedestrians, delivering food and groceries to those who are quarantining at home during the coronavirus pandemic.
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He says it's not just a novelty, it's safe. "We are trying to be safe for our customers and being touch-less."
The app sends a signal to the robot to deliver to the house within the two-mile radius. Its sensors and cameras help navigate it through the streets and sidewalks.
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Two-dimensional classification of the ETCs. Top: The horizontal axis expresses the capabilities of an ETC to interact with its environment. The vertical axis quantifies the amount of energy available to them, as defined by the classical Kardashev's scale. Bottom: Generalized two-dimensional classification. The horizontal axis shows the level of integration with the environment.
Abridged: The interest towards searches for extraterrestrial civilizations (ETCs) was boosted by the discovery of thousands of exoplanets. We turn to the classification of ETCs for new considerations that may help to design better strategies for ETCs searches.
Sci-fi throwback "The Vast of Night" offers fresh style with extraterrestrial story |
They just don't make 'em like "The Vast of Night" anymore. This uber-cool throwback '50s sci-fi movie is the directorial debut of Oklahoma-based filmmaker Andrew Patterson. But somehow, this retro, nostalgic film, written by James Montague and Craig W. Sanger, and presented as a hypothetical episode of a "Twilight Zone"-style TV series called "Paradox Theater," feels incredibly fresh and modern in its singular style and tone.
Patterson weaves a hypnotic, spellbinding rhythm with the cinematography and storytelling of "The Vast of Night," which oozes atmosphere and style. Set over the course of one night in a small New Mexico town, unfolding almost in real time, Patterson pairs incredibly long, exquisitely choreographed camera movements with long monologues, punctuated by bursts of action.
In Netflix's "Space Force," Steve Carell Is Stranded Between the Caustic and the Cutesy | The New
"Space Force," on Netflix, created by Steve Carell and Greg Daniels, takes the founding of the actual U.S. Space Force—a long-simmering concept made real by President Trump in 2019—to its absurd extremes, many of which are insufficiently absurd enough to stand up against contemporary reality.
"Space Force" is perhaps best appreciated as a gallery of cherished stars and character actors who will kindle warmth in the hearts of an indulgent audience. Carell is Mark Naird, an Air Force officer promoted by his Commander-in-Chief to lead an extraterrestrial adventure in manifest destiny.
The Angle of Doom - Scientific American Blog Network
Today the story is a familiar one, trotted out with regularity everywhere from classrooms to cartoons: Some sixty-six million years ago the Yucatán peninsula had a very bad day. An extraterrestrial object more than 10 kilometers across intersected Earth’s orbit at precisely the same time that the Earth slid through that point. In a matter of moments this huge mass pushed aside the atmosphere in a great shock front and plowed into the surface of the planet.
What's on TV Friday: 'Sidewalk Stories' and 'Space Force' - The New York Times
SPACE FORCE Stream on Netflix . Steve Carell plays a four-star general with a clenched jaw and a dysfunctional workplace in "Space Force." The series, a comedy inspired by President Trump's promised sixth branch of the military , reunites Carell with Greg Daniels, who was the showrunner of the American version of "The Office." Its plot involves the struggles of Carell's character, Gen. Mark R.
Queensline: This retired NASA astronaut was born and raised in Ozone Park - QNS.com
In conjunction with the Greater Astoria Historical Society, TimesLedger Newspapers presents noteworthy events in the borough's history.
Born on May 8, 1952, and raised in Ozone Park, Charles "Charlie" Camarda is an aerospace engineer and retired NASA astronaut who flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-114. He has also served as the Director of Engineering at NASA's Johnson Space Center and as a Senior Advisor at their Langley Research Center.
Dr. Camarda has a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Virginia Tech and holds seven patents in his field of expertise.
Elon Musk demands the superhero look for new astronauts | World | The Times
The astronauts in the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule were only 17 minutes from take-off when the launch was called off because of the weather.
That intention came from the billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, 48, who runs SpaceX. He oversaw the development of outfits that reference comic books and Hollywood more than they resemble traditional baggy space attire. Instead of seeking out the usual
A Yankee Notebook: Preparing for a new convergence | Perspective | timesargus.com
Most of us no doubt remember the big deal made of the so-called Harmonic Convergence of 1987. It was based on an ancient Mayan calendar and associated with an unusual alignment of the planets. It had overtones of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," and involved the possible visit of extraterrestrials. It attracted believers to Mount Shasta, Giza, Stonehenge and Central Park, and, it was hoped, would usher in a new millennium of peace and harmony.
Well, we can see now how that went. Like many millennial or apocalyptic visions, it lacked the element of the hard — incredibly hard — work of forging peace among people and nations far more attuned to their own needs and prerogatives than those of the world. Flowers stuck into menacing gun barrels are a lovely, touching image, as are crowds reaching skyward or sitting in circles chanting, but they rarely translate into legislative or executive action.
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As SpaceX sends Americans into orbit, investors can take this ETF to a new frontier -
If you're an investor who doesn't want to miss out on the next big trend, you had better pay attention to what's going on in space.
When people think about the space business, they may be excited that on Saturday the U.S. finally regained the ability to send people into orbit. That's a matter of pride. NASA and SpaceX successfully launched two astronauts into Earth's orbit Saturday at 3:22 p.m. ET. Elon Musk, CEO of electric-car maker Tesla TSLA, +3.62% , also is CEO of SpaceX, which isn't publicly traded.
On April 28, the Pentagon gave believers in other-worldly phenomena some tantalizingly real pieces of evidence with the release of three short videos showing "unidentified aerial phenomena" - or UFOs. The Pentagon’s confirmation of the footage has stirred the interest in aliens and out-of-this world phenomena once again. Here are a few podcasts about aliens and UFOs to listen to.
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Hosts John Goforth and Brent Hand give listeners an everyman approach to the world of UFOs, aliens, mysteries and the paranormal. Goforth and Hand also get help from the Conspiracy Bot examining a different topic each week. Recent episodes include "The Movie: The Sequel," "The Gulf Breeze Incident(s)" and "Doomsday Clock: Countdown to Extinction."
'The Vast of Night' Reboots the Glee of UFO Conspiracy Culture | WIRED
Amazon Studios' latest release, The Vast of Night , is a movie that almost doesn't need to be watched. Which is odd, but not an insult. Quite the opposite, actually: Ears drive the plot. The retro sci-fi thriller follows a switchboard operator and a radio DJ as they chase a mysterious sound of potentially extraterrestrial origins. Their informants are callers, disembodied and sometimes never seen at all.
This blend of innovation and nostalgia is what's most remarkable about The Vast of the Night , and the same is true of its release. Initially, the movie was slated to hit theaters in a completely standard way, and watching it, you can imagine a quiet weirdo movie like this being drowned out by splashier summer blockbusters. However, in a rare instance of the Covid-19 pandemic producing anything remotely positive, shuttered multiplexes necessitated a different type of release.
Strange lights off the Outer Banks spark UFO debate: Was it aliens or the military?
OUTER BANKS, N.C. (Mark Price/The Charlotte Observer) - A fleet of lights recorded off North Carolina's Outer Banks has ignited a debate about whether they are honest-to-goodness UFOs or just part of a mysterious military exercise.
William Guy posted a 31-second video Sept. 28 on YouTube , showing what appears to be 14 glowing orbs over the water. He refers to it as a " real UFO sighting ."
"Anybody tell me what that is?" Guy says in the video. "We're in the middle of the ocean, on a ferry, nothing around. Look. Nothing around. No land, no nothing."
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Privately owned orbital human spaceflights are here. A new era of commercialized space travel begins.
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Demo-2 is off to a roaring start. After a delayed launch earlier in the week, the spacecraft lifted off at 3:22 pm ET on Saturday. It left the planet, and entered Earth's orbit where it will later dock with the International Space Station (ISS), beginning a new era of commercial space tourism and exploration — all with the help of mercurial billionaire Elon Musk.
Scientists say the upcoming SpaceX launch with NASA is a crucial moment in history. Alex London, curator of the Tulsa Air and Space Museum, says space travel going commercial could create jobs and research for the next generation like never before.
"There are so many folks who may have not had these opportunities 10 years ago that now have the opportunity to be an engineer and work on the SpaceX team," London said. "It's great for our younger viewers because if you want to do this, there's a role for you in this."
Today: For the first time in history, a private company is sending astronauts into space. Science reporter Kenneth Chang on the dawn of a new era in space travel.
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I've forgotten. Because I started covering these at the end of the space shuttle era. So it was probably five or six then. And there was a few other scattered ones. And I've actually made more trips than that. Because especially with the space shuttle, they would postpone the launch at the last second a gazillion times. So I would just fly in in, fly out, fly in, fly out, and not even see a launch.
Behind the scenes as FAA prepares for Space X launch - The Washington Post
From a command center in Warrenton, Va., a special team at the Federal Aviation Administration will be keeping a close watch on the historic launch of the first astronauts from U.S. soil in almost a decade. Two NASA astronauts are headed to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 booster.
"It's a very exciting day for us," Duane Freer, manager of space operations at the FAA, said in an interview on Wednesday, just hours before the mission's scheduled launch, which was later postponed because of weather. "This has been a long time in the making. There's a lot on the line for the country."
Lucas Praises Successful SpaceX Launch: This is a New Era of Space Travel
Press Release From: House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Posted: Saturday, May 30, 2020
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Ranking Member Frank Lucas released a statement today congratulating NASA and SpaceX on the successful launch of the Crew Dragon Capsule on the Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
"Today marks a new era in space travel," Lucas said. "It's been nearly ten years since we last launched American astronauts from American soil on an American rocket.
TechWorks! discusses local contributions to aviation and space travel ahead of SpaceX Launch
BINGHAMTON (WBNG) -- With astronaut and Apalachin native Doug Hurley heading into space in the coming days, TechWorks! is discussing Binghamton's major role in developing modern aviation and space travel.
"It's said that of all the simulations for visuals and simulators they've tried, NASA has said this is the one they like the best," said Susan Sherwood, executive director of the Center for Technology and Innovation, better known as TechWorks!.
TechWorks! is currently home to the Apollo Mission Simulator and Lunar Module. It was constructed in hanger two at the Binghamton Airport back in the 1960's. Without it, astronauts wouldn't have been able to get around in space.
Ohio's role in the latest era of American space travel
TOLEDO (WTVG) - The anticipation is only growing stronger in these parts with today's launch called off at Kennedy Space Center.
Crew Dragon Demo-2 would not be on the launch pad if it wasn't for a trip to Ohio by Crew Dragon Demo-1. It underwent two tests at Plum Brook Station near Sandusky in the summer of 2018.
"Making sure it can handle the stresses of space, we did that in our in our in space propulsion facility, and SpaceX wanted to test it against the strains of going super sonic up in the air, we can put more forces on it than any other place on earth to make sure the mechanical structure can withstand the rigors of the shock waves," said Plum Brook Station Director, David Stringer.
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We tend to think of Mars as similar to Earth, and in many ways that is true. It's relatively small and rocky. It has an atmosphere and recognisable geological features. We can identify the composition of its rocks, study its weather patterns , and detect seismic activity .
But Mars is also very unlike Earth, too. And this is never clearer than when looking at photographs of the Red Planet taken by its rovers and orbiters. What we take for granted on Earth can turn into breathtakingly alien phenomena just a planet away.
The Music of Mars: Rising LA Artist Captures Sound of the Future
LOS ANGELES , May 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As the world buzzes from NASA and SpaceXs' manned launch to the ISS this week, one of Planet-Z's rising and ambitious LA creatives has crafted a new album for the event. Zahid Pasha's project, FM2M celebrates the next generation of Space Exploration and dives into the idea of "home" in a genre-bending and contemporary "Space-Centric" universe of his own.
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Let's just say the last "M" stands for Mars. Pretty much anything the listener thinks of from there would be acceptable.
New Marsquake study could shatter theories on how Mars was born | Space
A team of researchers at the University of Tokyo has revealed tantalizing details about Mars ' seismic activity for the very first time in one new study. These results could make or break theories surrounding the Red Planet's origins and provide details about its composition.
The fourth rock from the sun might be one of the closest worlds to us — swinging between distances of 34 million and 249 million miles (55 million and 400 million kilometers), dependent on its position and Earth's position relative to our star — but it is often much safer and less expensive to investigate the Red Planet through simulations on Earth, rather than launch a spacecraft .
On This Day, May 30: Mariner 9 launched toward Mars - UPI.com
In 1431, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France, at age 19. She had been convicted of wearing men's clothing. Advertisement
In 1783, the Pennsylvania Evening Post became the first daily newspaper published in the United States.
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In 1943, the Aleutian Islands of Kiska and Attu off the Alaskan coast were retaken by U.S. forces after being occupied by Japanese troops .
In 1971, the unmanned U.S. space probe Mariner 9 was launched on a mission to gather scientific data on Mars. It was the first spacecraft to orbit a planet other than Earth.
What SpaceX's historic NASA flight means for Elon Musk's Mars goals
Elon Musk is never one to shy away from setting ambitious goals. In fact, the billionaire's most ambitious goal might just be the one he often talks about the most: going to Mars .
On Wednesday, Musk and his private spacecraft company, SpaceX, nearly checked off a historic milestone that could put him another step closer to one day achieving that goal. That milestone would be SpaceX's first-ever manned space mission. The company was set to launch two NASA astronauts on a flight taking them to the International Space Station, but SpaceX postponed the launch at the last minute due to inclement weather.
Scientists in Europe have found that some features on Mars that were thought to be lava flows may actually have been flows of muddy water.
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We know that Mars used to be volcanically active in the past. The planet is dotted with enormous now-dormant volcanoes, and the remains of old lava flows can still be seen today. Now, it seems, some of those lava flows weren’t composed of lava at all, but rather mud, according to researchers in Europe.
The intriguing peer-reviewed results were published in the journal Nature Geoscience on May 20, 2020.
Mars Doesn't Have Much of a Magnetosphere, But Here's a Map - Universe Today
One of the striking things about Mars is all of the evidence, clearly visible on its surface, that it harbored liquid water. Now, all that water is gone, and in fact, liquid water couldn’t survive on the surface of the Red Planet. Not as the planet is now, anyway.
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Mars has only a thin atmosphere now, and that atmosphere isn’t thick enough to maintain water now. So it must have had a thicker, warmer atmosphere in the past. And that atmosphere could only have persisted if Mars also had a protective magnetosphere.
'International collaboration must to put man on Mars'- The New Indian Express
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BENGALURU: While space scientists even in the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have taken cognizance of the need of private sector participation in realising inter-planetary missions, former NASA rocket scientist Anita Sengupta adds to that thought by saying that having humans on Mars would require collaborations beyond national borders.
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MAXI J1820+070: Black hole outburst caught on video
The companion star orbiting the black hole has about half the mass of the sun. The black hole's strong gravity pulls material away from the companion star into an X-ray emitting disk surrounding the black hole.
While some of the hot gas in the disk will cross the "event horizon" (the point of no return) and fall into the black hole, some of it is instead blasted away from the black hole in a pair of short beams of material, or jets. These jets are pointed in opposite directions, launched from outside the event horizon along magnetic field lines.
Cosmic Search Continues for Supermassive Black Hole Collisions
A new study led by postdoctoral researcher Xingjiang Zhu from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav), at Monash University, developed a new method to detect colliding supermassive black holes in our Universe.
In parallel, astronomers have been looking for the collision of supermassive black holes with light. A number of candidate sources have been identified by looking for regular fluctuations in the brightness of distant galaxies called “quasars.” Quasars are extremely bright, believed to be powered by the accumulation of gas clouds onto supermassive black holes.
Black hole news: THIS is what would happen if you got close to a black hole | Science | News |
Black holes completely break the laws of physics with their singularity at the centre, which is a one-dimensional point where gravity becomes infinite and space and time become curved.
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The friction generated by these discs as they are pushed and shoved by the extreme gravitational force is so large that it can produce a tremendous amount of energy, depending on the size of the black hole.
According to astrophysicist Paul Stutter, getting close to the accretion disc would burn you to a crisp.
The Moon revolves around the Earth, Earth revolves around the Sun, and the Sun — along with everything else in our galaxy — revolves around a supermassive black hole that sits at the very center. It's a dance that began long before we got here, but scientists are doing their best to make up for the lost time by explaining how black holes work, why they exist, and what they can teach us about the formation of the universe.
In a new paper published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters , researchers describe their observations of rapidly-flickering light curves coming from the location of Sgr A*. Black holes themselves don't glow or emit light, so what could it possibly be?
Astronomers Discover Closest Black Hole To Earth — 1,000 Light-Years Away | WUWM
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Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski speaks with astronomy contributor Jean Creighton about what astronomers know about black holes so far and how the coronavirus has impacted astronomical research.
While 1,000 light-years may seem like a vast distance away from Earth, it's practically in our backyard because of the scale of the universe. And it's just 1,000 light-years away from Earth where astronomers found the closest black hole to the Earth in the double-star system HR 6819 .
Earth’s natural satellite taken by ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano during his Beyond mission on the International Space Station on 15 August 2019. Credit: ESA/NASA–L. Parmitano
Development of Europe’s first ever lunar lander was agreed upon by ESA Member States in 2019 and now ESA is seeking your ideas for science and robotic missions on the Moon.
Artist’s view of the configuration of Ariane 6 using four boosters (A64). Credit: ESA – D. Ducros
"In the Sky" discusses the moon & Mercury in this edition | wkyc.com
CLEVELAND — Our moon and Mercury are hot topics in this edition of "In the Sky" with Jay Reynolds (@reynoldsastro) and Gale Franko from the Cuyahoga Astronomical Association (@cuyastro)
Daughter of Astronaut Edgar Mitchell remembers father's historic moonwalk
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. -- As the nation counts down to the launch of a new era in spaceflight, a Palm Beach County woman is remembering the strides her father made nearly fifty years ago.
Kimberly Mitchell is the daughter of Apollo 14 Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, one of only 12 men who walked on the moon.
Touching down 238,000 miles from home, Edgar Mitchell landed a lunar module on the moon on February 5, 1971.
As Apollo 14's lunar module pilot, Mitchell helped collect nearly 100 pounds of lunar rock and soil samples that were distributed across the United States and more than a dozen other countries for analysis.
Our nation is on the verge of launching NASA astronauts to the International Space Station on a commercial American rocket and spacecraft — a historic mission. NASA is in this position today because of our early investments in an emerging space economy in low-Earth orbit, which started with innovative public/private partnerships for cargo resupply services and has grown to include commercial crew.
Simultaneously, NASA has a bold plan to quickly and sustainably explore more of the moon than ever before under the Artemis program. Even as we shift focus to the moon, NASA remains committed to supporting a space economy in low-Earth orbit for research, crew training and more. As a government agency, NASA must lead in exploration for scientific discovery and go where there is not yet a commercial market. With the right architecture, we will foster a new lunar economy, too.
Space Force review: Netflix comedy lands on the snark side of the moon - CNET
The general may not know his astronaut from his elbow, but he's assisted by the technological genius of John Malkovich as a sinuous civilian adviser. Rolling his eyes so hard they practically have an orbit of their own, he's deeply cynical about the military program as he wrangles both the rigors of science and the chain of command. Immaculately turned out in precise suit and tie at all times, Malkovich brings a gravity to proceedings that adds a sheen of class even when the comedy gets silly.
A 'Memorial Day' Moon, A Spaceship And 'Manhattanhenge': What You Can See In The Night Sky This
WEEHAWKEN, NJ - NOVEMBER 27: The sun rises above 42nd Street in New York City on November 27, 2016 ... [+] as seen from Weehawken, NJ. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
This week it's all about a crescent Moon on display with Mercury and a fast-sinking Venus—all visible together on Memorial Day in the US—as well as a rather special spaceship, and a quirk of urban design. As the Moon waxes this week it will also pass some notable bright stars, which is a great chance to learn a few constellations.
Holli Diel: An open letter to Sheriff Moon | TheUnion.com
Are you a "constitutional sheriff?" I ask because we need our sheriffs more now than ever. Will you take a stand in agreement with Sheriff William Honsal?, "As sheriff," he said, "I am the protector of constitutional rights in Humboldt County, and if an order is issued that I believe violates our constitutional rights, I will not enforce it."
This sheriff is one of several incredible "Constitutional Sheriffs" taking a stand for freedom. What future will you leave for your children, a free society, or a society led by tyrants?
Strawberry Moon Eclipse 2020: Timing, where to watch and all you need to know - The Financial
Lunar Eclipse June 2020 timing in India: Between June 5 and 6, India will witness the second of the four penumbral lunar eclipses expected to occur this year. The first one was visible on the night intervening January 10 and 11. The penumbral lunar eclipse occuring around this time of the year is called a "Strawberry Eclipse".
According to an IE report, the eclipse will begin at 11:15 pm in India on June 5 and will last until a little past 2:30 am on June 6, for a total duration of 3 hours 18 minutes. The full stage of the eclipse will be visible at 12:54 am.
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