This image provided by Netflix shows John Shepherd in a scene from "John Was Trying to Contact Aliens," a 16-minute short, premiering Friday on Netflix. (Netflix via AP)
— "The 24th" : Kevin Willmott is best known for his screenwriting collaborations with Spike Lee ("Chi-Raq," "BlacKkKlansman," "Da 5 Bloods") but he's also a filmmaker in his own right with a strong interest in African-American history.
This image released by Vertical Entertainment shows Trai Byers, center, in a scene from "The 24th." The film, available for digital rental Friday, dramatizes the 1917 Houston riot in which soldiers of the all-black Twenty-fourth United States Infantry Regiment, stationed in segregated Texas, mutinied after harassment by the Houston Police Department. (Vertical Entertainment via AP)
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Entire cities could fit inside the moon's monstrous lava tubes | Space
Mars is pockmarked with absolutely massive lava tubes, with ceilings as high as the Empire State Building, new research shows. And the moon hosts even more gargantuan tubes, with heights that dwarf Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, and "skylights" as big as football fields.
These yawning, subterranean caverns, which are shielded from punishing solar radiation, could be used as sites for future human bases, scientists argue.
Here's why: These lava tubes are truly enormous, and might offer safer habitats than the lunar or Martian surfaces.
Disney Plus Sets September Premiere Date for 'Earth to Ned' - Multichannel
The 10-episode series offers a fresh take on the late-night format, with extraterrestrial creatures Ned and Cornelius interviewing some of the biggest stars in our galaxy, according to Disney Plus.
Celebrity guests this season include Joshua Bassett ( High School Musical: The Musical: The Series ), Rachel Bilson ( The O.C ), RuPaul ( RuPaul’s Drag Race ), Taye Diggs ( Rent ), Lil Rel Howery ( Get Out ), Bindi and Robert Irwin ( Crikey! It’s the Irwins ), NeNe Leakes ( The Real Housewives of Atlanta ), Raven Symoné ( Raven’s Home ) and Billy Dee Williams ( Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back ).
Lunar and rare meteorites head to auction : The Tribune India
Dozens of striking extraterrestrial specimens, including meteorites and samples from the moon, are set to feature in a sale by a leading auction house. Christie's annual 'Deep Impact: Lunar and Rare Meteorites' sale is open for bidding online till August 25.
Estimates range from $500-500,000 (roughly Rs 37,000 to Rs 3.7 crore). It features a sample of the Moon in the shape of Moon, with an estimate in crore, among the rarest objects on Earth; specimens of the Moon are identified by specific geological, mineralogical, chemical and radiation signatures.
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The 5 best places to explore in the solar system—besides Mars | MIT Technology Review
But it might be time to reassess whether our obsession is causing us to ignore the rest of our solar system. Enthusiasm over Mars tends to foster a feedback loop where more resources are devoted to exploring the planet, which unveils new findings that only add to the interest, causing the public and private sectors to devote more money to Mars exploration, and so forth.
Mars is important to study, sure—but there are many compelling reasons to start ramping up exploration of other relatively nearby worlds. Here are five alternative places we should study in greater detail, from the nearest to farthest.
Moon-Shaped Moon Rock, One Of The Rarest Objects On Earth, Could Fetch $500,000 Say Christie's
Of the 400kg of Moon rock collected by the Apollo astronauts not a single gram is owned by a private collector. However, you can get your hands on your own slab of our Moon by bidding online for a fragment of a rare lunar meteorite.
Star of the show is the largest lunar sphere known—aside, of course, from the Moon itself—4-inch/98mm wide, 3lbs/1.38kg fragment of a lunar meteorite ejected into space after an impact on the lunar surface.
It's one of the rarest objects on Earth and is estimated to sell for between $300,000 and $500,000.
Samson: Why Cleveland is the biggest mess in MLB right now - CBSSports.com
David Samson sits down on his podcast, "Nothing Personal with David Samson" to discuss what is going on with the team.
"The biggest cluster right now is in Cleveland," Samson says, saying many teams are having trouble right now, but the Indians take the cake.
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"Don't misunderstand the verbiage used this year. What you're reading this year is that players are being sent to the alternate site, it sounds very extraterrestrial to me. The alternate site is code word for the minor leagues, even though the minor leagues aren't playing. The alternate site is code word for you are not receiving major league service time. The alternate site is code word for you are off the 28-man roster."
How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Preparing Humanity for First Contact | Discover Magazine
Imagine the following scenario: A remote radio telescope detects a repeating signal from a sunlike star a few tens of light years from Earth. In the next few days, other radio telescopes repeat and confirm the observation.
The signal has a high information content that cannot be produced by any known natural process. With much excitement and cautious wringing of hands, scientists conclude that the signal is evidence of an intelligence elsewhere in the universe.
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