NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration through Artemis. The agencies revealed the crew members Monday during an event at Ellington Field near NASA’s John
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Netflix’s ‘Gears of War’ film gains traction with ‘Dune’ and ‘Prometheus’ screenwriter Jon Spaihts
Netflix’s live-action big budget adaptation of the science fiction video game series “Gears of War” now seems perfectly on track with the added momentum and skills of Jon Spaihts, the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of “Prometheus,” “Doctor Strange” and “Dune” on board to pen the project. Epic Games and The Coalition’s “Gears of Wars” saga first burst onto Microsoft’s Xbox gaming scene back in 2006 with a sophisticated ad campaign that featured gung-ho interplanetary commandos in brutal alien combat scenarios set to Gary Jules’ haunting rendition of the classic Tears For…
Read MoreFormer NASA astronaut Doug Hurley joins Busch Light’s Earth Month campaign to save the planet for beer
Beer is the most widely ingested alcoholic beverage on our big blue marble, with an estimated 50 billion gallons (190 billion liters) of the stuff swallowed around the world every year. Anheuser Busch wants to make sure Earth is in good enough shape to grow the hops and grains needed to brew beer, as well as support the people who drink it, far into the future. So the company has concocted a lighthearted marketing campaign (opens in new tab) featuring former NASA and SpaceX astronaut and Congressional Space Medal of…
Read MoreColliding Taffy Galaxies create a sweet ‘cosmic butterfly’ (video)
The violent head-on-collision of two galaxies some 180 million light-years away from Earth appears to one of the world’s most powerful telescopes like a deceptively serene cosmic butterfly flapping its wings, or a giant piece of candy The colliding galaxies, officially called UGC 12914 and UGC 12915, are nicknamed the “Taffy Galaxies” after the famous brand of sweets that their shape resembles. This twisted and stretched shape is a result of the collision which began around 25 million years prior to the scene playing out in the image. The image…
Read MoreWho is Bo-Katan Kryze?
So far, The Mandalorian season 3 has been a surprising ride, resolving much of the lingering drama from season 2 and The Book of Boba Fett quicker than anyone had anticipated. And one of its biggest surprises has been how much narrative weight has been put on Bo-Katan Kryze (played by Katee Sackhoff), the fallen leader of the Mandalorians during the war against the Empire. Veteran diehards of Star Wars animation are familiar with Bo-Katan and Mandalore’s troubled history. However, casual viewers and Star Wars fans who have limited themselves…
Read MoreBuilding the space age: Acknowledging skilled workers
Chris Carberry is CEO of Explore Mars, Inc. and author of the book “Alcohol in Space.” Rick Zucker is Vice President for Policy, Explore Mars, Inc. They contributed this article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Anyone who attended a space exploration conference during the last few decades would undoubtedly have hobnobbed with innumerable scientists, aerospace engineers, industry and policy leaders, and other similarly talented individuals who are the products of prestigious universities from around the world. These same decades saw a steady stream of plans for future moon and…
Read MoreApril delights: Mercury, Venus and the Pleiades put on a sky show this month
From now through mid-April, in the western evening twilight sky, the “Queen of the Night,” better known as the brilliant planet Venus, will help you to identify the normally hard-to-find planet Mercury. And along the way, Venus will have a striking interaction with The Seven Sisters, the Pleiades star cluster. Through a run that will last more than two weeks, skywatchers will be able to watch as Venus hovers well above and to the left of Mercury. Then, later in the month, Mercury will drop into the sunset fires and…
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