Depending on which side of the fence you’re on, Marvel Studios’ “The Marvels” will either be something you’re salivating for this fall with its rowdy female superhero fest, or passed off as another disappointing Marvel release featuring unfamiliar characters that you’ll probably be avoiding like a raging wildfire. Whichever camp you align yourself with, this latest entry in the Disney-owned studio’s Phase 5 will be arriving in theaters on Nov. 10, 2023 and a new trailer has dropped just as San Diego Comic-Con opened. The fresh preview is packed with…
Read MoreMonth: July 2023
Could Earth ever become a rogue planet?
In about 5 billion years, the sun will die. But as it ages, it will get brighter and hotter, and by about 500 million years from now, our star will have heated Earth beyond redemption. But is there any way to save our planet from its disastrous demise? Indeed, there is. Our distant descendants could steal energy from Jupiter’s orbit and give it to Earth. But if they got it wrong, they’d send our planet careening out of the solar system. Earth has held stable in its orbit for over…
Read MoreWatch Rocket Lab launch Earth-observing radar satellite early on July 30
Rocket Lab will launch an Earth-observing radar satellite for the company Capella Space early Sunday morning (July 30), and you can watch the action live. An Electron rocket carrying one of Capella Space’s “Acadia” satellites is scheduled to lift off from Rocket Lab’s New Zealand site Sunday during a two-hour window that opens at 1 a.m. EDT (0500 GMT; 5 p.m. local New Zealand time). Watch the liftoff live here at Space.com, courtesy of Rocket Lab, or directly via the company. Coverage is expected to begin about 20 minutes before…
Read MoreJapan gearing up to launch small moon lander next month
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is gearing up to send the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, mission to the moon on an H-2A rocket on Aug. 26 Japan time (0034 GMT, 9:34 a.m. JST, or 8:34 p.m. EDT on Aug. 25). SLIM is, as its acronym suggests, a small-scale moon mission, but it has bigger ambitions in mind. The main aim of the lander — which is 7.9 feet (2.4 meters) high, 8.8 feet (2.7 m) wide and 5.6 feet (1.7 m) deep — is to demonstrate accurate…
Read MoreNASA Awards Administrative & Technical Support Services Contract
NASA has selected PCI Productions (PCIP), LLC, of Huntsville, Alabama, to provide technical and administrative services in support of directorates, programs, and offices at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, and NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.
Read MoreJames Webb Space Telescope spies giant cosmic question mark in deep space (photo)
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a tightly bound pair of actively forming stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, in high-resolution near-infrared light. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA. Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)/post-processing inset image Daisy Dobrijevic) The James Webb Space Telescope continues to provide answers about the earliest days of the universe, but it’s also discovering more questions. Question marks, to be precise. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) team at the European Space Agency (ESA) released an image on Wednesday (June 26) offering the most detailed look yet…
Read More‘Futurama’ relaunches on Hulu with a hilarious Season 11 premiere (review)
“Futurama” is back, baby! After a ten year hiatus from its last iteration on Cartoon Network, creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen (“The Simpsons,” “Disenchanted”) are soaring into a new 20-episode Season 11 of “Futurama” with a new revival series streaming on Hulu starting July 24, 2023 courtesy of 20th Television Animation and Hulu Originals. This fan-favorite animated sci-fi show first aired back in 1999 on Fox before two subsequent reboots on Adult Swim that ran from 2008-2013. “Futurama” centers around a mild-mannered pizza delivery boy named Philip J.…
Read MoreNASA Invites Media to See Recovery Craft for Artemis Moon Mission
Media are invited to see the new test version of NASA’s Orion spacecraft and the hardware teams will use to recover the capsule and astronauts upon their return from space during the Artemis II mission. The event will take place at 11 a.m. PDT on Wednesday, Aug. 2, at Naval Base San Diego.
Read MoreHubble Peers at a Tranquil Galaxy
The tranquil spiral galaxy UGC 12295 basks leisurely in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Read MoreArgentina es el 28.º signatario de los Acuerdos de Artemis
En una ceremonia celebrada la Casa Rosada de Buenos Aires el jueves 27 de julio, Argentina se convirtió en el vigésimo octavo país en firmar los Acuerdos de Artemis. El administrador de la NASA, Bill Nelson, participó en la ceremonia de firma por parte de la agencia, y el ministro de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, Daniel Filmus, firmó por parte
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