Award-winning British sound designer and re-recording mixer Johnnie Burn has an appetite for dark, compelling material when he’s searching for projects to lend his sonic talents to, and so his work on director Jordan Peele’s new thriller, “Nope,” was the perfect vehicle for building a multifaceted, immersive soundscape for audiences. Burn’s artistry had already been heard in 2014’s “Under the Skin,” the disturbing sci-fi film starring Scarlett Johansson as a homicidal alien, and 2017’s “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” with Colin Ferrell portraying a father who’s forced to make…
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NASA’s Artemis 1 moon megarocket faces final test before rolling out for launch
Engineers are testing a system designed to destroy NASA’s massive Space Launch System moon rocket in case of problems with its impending launch. Last week, NASA worked to certify the critical flight termination system (FTS) on the Space Launch System rocket, or SLS, which marks the final test before the megarocket rolls out to the pad later on Tuesday night (Aug. 16) Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, according to a NASA update (opens in new tab). The FTS test is required by Space Launch Delta…
Read MoreAquanaut Gets to Work Underwater
A team of roboticists from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston have applied their expertise in making robots for deep space to designing a fully electric shape-changing submersible robot that will cut costs for maritime industries.
Read MoreSaturn is at opposition. See it shine at its best for 2022 in a free webcast tonight.
The ringed planet Saturn is often hailed as the jewel of the solar system and you have a chance to see why in a free webcast tonight. Saturn, which has the most dazzling rings of all the planets in the solar system, reaches a point in its orbit called opposition tonight (Aug. 14) that marks its closest and brightest appearance in the night sky this year. To celebrate, the online Virtual Telescope Project will broadcast live views of Saturn from a telescope in Ceccano, Italy. Weather permitting, the webcast will…
Read MoreA mystery of sulfur clouds of Venus may be solved by new computer model
Scientists using new computational methods have come up with a new insight into the potential workings of the complex atmosphere of Venus. Venus is shrouded in thick clouds made up mostly of sulfuric acid. These clouds reflect most of the sunlight shining on the planet, making it the brightest object in the sky after the sun and moon. However, spacecraft and Earth-based observations have also detected an unknown absorber of ultraviolet light present in the atmosphere. A team of scientists now suggest, following the use of sophisticated computational modeling, a…
Read MoreA new Australian supercomputer has already delivered a stunning supernova remnant pic
An image of the supernova remnant as an orange cloud. (Image credit: Author provided) This article was originally published at The Conversation. (opens in new tab) The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Within 24 hours of accessing the first stage of Australia’s newest supercomputing system, researchers have processed a series of radio telescope observations, including a highly detailed image of a supernova remnant. The very high data rates and the enormous data volumes from new-generation radio telescopes such as ASKAP (opens in new tab) (Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder)…
Read MorePerseid meteor shower of 2022 thrills stargazers despite bright moon (photos)
The Perseid meteor shower of the 2022 reached its peak this weekend and while the bright full moon may have washed out the best of the “shooting stars” display this year, that doesn’t mean skywatchers were left completely in the dark. Stargazers around the world captured some dazzling views of the Perseid meteor shower as it peaked overnight Friday and Saturday (Aug. 12-13) and they shared the photos to prove it. Some observers took to Twitter to share their meteor views while other astrophotographers snapped truly stunning photos for Getty…
Read More‘For All Mankind’ showrunners discuss the explosive season 3 finale
What could more pivotal to the course of NASA history than landing the first humans on Mars? As revealed in the season three finale of “For All Mankind,” (opens in new tab) the answer could be much more terrestrial. Spoiler alert: what follows contains major plot points from the third season of “For All Mankind,” including the tenth and last episode streaming now on Apple TV Plus (opens in new tab). The alternate space history series “For All Mankind” on Apple TV Plus (opens in new tab) has come a…
Read MoreSee the huge solar wings of China’s space station in motion above Earth (video)
China’s space station recently gained a new module and with it a pair of huge, solar energy-capturing “wings” that can rotate as the outpost orbits the Earth. A new video from China’s human spaceflight agency, CMSA, shows the large solar arrays rotating around the Tiangong space station as our blue and white planet passes below. The arrays are part of the Wentian experiment module, which launched in July. The angle of the panels can also be seen to change to face the sun as the Tiangong space station continues along…
Read MoreSpace Station Science Highlights: Week of August 8, 2022
Crew members aboard the International Space Station conducted scientific investigations during the week of Aug 8 that included launching three small satellite-based investigations, a ham radio session with students in New York, and a demonstration of wireless technology for monitoring crew health.
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