Month: July 2023

If you’re looking for the perfect gift for a young budding skywatcher, the Celestron 70mm Travel Scope DX bundle has everything they will need to get up, running and learning. With 48% off, now is the time to buy. The Amazon Prime Day price of just $62 gets you a generous amount of good quality gear. You’ll get a 70mm portable refractor telescope, a full-height tripod, a smartphone adapter and Bluetooth remote shutter, two good-quality eyepieces and more. All of this packs neatly into a supplied Celestron branded backpack, with…

We’re now entering the back half of Marvel’s Secret Invasion, and everyone sticking around should know what to expect by now. On a writing level, Marvel Studios’ latest is little more than a B-grade spy thriller you’d watch on cable T.V. However, its acting talent and decent production values manage to keep the whole thing afloat for now. In episode 4, the action ramps up and bold moves are made, yet we fear the Skrull threat won’t be as far-reaching – at least on screen – as we hoped for.…

Astronomers have discovered a population of stars that represent the “missing link” in the evolution of binary systems that eventually become colliding neutron stars. These explosive merger events, called “kilonovas,” are believed to generate violent conditions that forge elements heavier than iron, including silver, gold, and platinum, that cannot be created at the heart of stars. Merging neutron stars are therefore vital to the dispersion of heavy elements throughout the universe.  The missing part of the evolutionary story of kilonovas comes in the form of stars in binary systems that…