So that you don’t have to spend hours searching through thousands of movies, some good, some bad and everything in-between, we’ve compiled a list of the best science-fiction movies and television shows currently on Netflix. Movies 1. “I Am Mother” She’ll keep you safe … oh yes. Mother, played by Luke Hawker and voiced by Rose Byrne. (Image credit: Netflix) Synopsis: In the wake of humanity’s extinction, a teenage girl is raised by a robot designed to repopulate the earth, but their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger…
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Where to see the northern lights: 2021 aurora borealis guide
Photos don’t do the northern lights justice. To fully appreciate the glory and grandeur of this celestial display, which is also known as the aurora borealis, you have to settle beneath the ever-changing lights and watch them curve and curl, slither and flicker. Here’s how to see the northern lights. Amazing auroras: Stunning northern lights photos The first thing to appreciate is the glowing sky lights can be spectacular — or they can be a fleeting event. Robert Steenburgh, the acting lead of the Space Weather Forecast Office of the National Oceanic and…
Read MoreAstronaut captures sparkling ‘shooting star’ video as Russian space station module falls to Earth
From his perch on the International Space Station, a French astronaut watched a long-running Russian space module break into pieces in a shower of fireworks. What’s more, he caught the event on video. The European Space Agency’s Facebook page shows a sped-up timelapse of the module, called Pirs, meeting its fiery demise Monday (July 26) under the watch of Thomas Pesquet. “Atmospheric reentry without a heat shield results in a nice fireball,” Pesquet wrote in the post, which also included a French description. “You clearly see smaller pieces of melting…
Read MoreHow the Comet Interceptor Will Chase Visitors to the Inner Solar System
How will engineers plan the trajectory of Comet Interceptor, a mission designed to fly by an interstellar visitor, when its target is still unknown? The post How the Comet Interceptor Will Chase Visitors to the Inner Solar System appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Read MoreForget Wheels, NASA Seeks University Students’ BIG Ideas for Exploring Robots
Forget Wheels, NASA Seeks University Students’ BIG Ideas for Exploring Robots
Read MoreIlluminating the Next Launch
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Starliner spacecraft aboard is illuminated by spotlights on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, as it sits on the launch pad.
Read MoreHow to watch Boeing launch its 2nd Starliner test flight for NASA today
Editor’s note: On July 29, NASA and Boeing announced that they would stand down from Friday’s launch attempt, postponing it to Tuesday (Aug. 3). Read more about the announcement here. The decision comes as NASA and Roscosmos evaluate a situation on the International Space Station involving the newly arrived Nauka module unexpectedly firing its thrusters, briefly interfering with the station’s location. Space.com’s full story about that situation is here. Last updated Aug. 1. Boeing is set to launch its Starliner spacecraft on a crucial uncrewed flight to the International Space…
Read MoreNASA astronauts ‘very excited’ about Boeing’s upcoming Starliner OFT-2 launch
Astronauts are eager to see Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft launch to space today (Aug. 3), despite issues with the capsule’s previous uncrewed spaceflight. After a delay from its initially-scheduled launch on Friday (July 30), today at 1:20 p.m. EDT (1720 GMT) Boeing’s Starliner vehicle will launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, kicking off the company’s OFT-2 uncrewed test flight, Ahead of this exciting launch, which Boeing hopes will be the…
Read More‘Massive melting event’ strikes Greenland after record heat wave
Greenland’s enormous ice sheet has been struck by a “massive melting event,” with enough ice vanishing in a single day last week to cover the whole of Florida in two inches (5 centimeters) of water, Danish researchers have found. Since July 27, roughly 9.37 billion tons (8.5 billion metric tons) of ice has been lost per day from the surface of the enormous ice sheet — twice its normal average rate of loss during summer, Polar Portal, a Danish site run by Arctic climate researchers, reported. The huge loss comes…
Read MoreTwo Space Probes to Pass by Venus Next Week
Two spacecraft are heading for a close Venus encounter: Solar Orbiter passes by on August 9th and BepiColombo on August 10th. The post Two Space Probes to Pass by Venus Next Week appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
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