Day: November 28, 2024

Black Friday deal: Save $55 on one of Celestron’s best binoculars for stargazing

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Now is the perfect season to view the night sky and with the Celestron Nature DX ED 12×50, you can do just that. This Black Friday, these binoculars are available for $205 with an on-page coupon through Amazon. Pick up the Celestron Nature DX ED 12×50 binoculars for just over $200 today. In our Celestron Nature DX ED 12×50 review, we rated them four out of five stars and, thanks to the extra-low dispersion glass (that is what the ‘ED’ stands for), the views were bright and sharp especially at…

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‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ season 5 episode 7: How does a certain ‘Next Generation’ character cross paths with the Cerritos?

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The USS Cerritos crew has encountered plenty of dimensional fissures this year, but the latest rupture in space and time carries the most unlikely of guests to the Alpha Quadrant. In “Lower Decks” season 5 episode 7, “Fully Dilated”, Captain Freeman and her crew encounter a purple version of the USS Enterprise-D — and there are much bigger questions to answer than whether the carpets match the hull. Spoiler warning! Caution advised if you’re yet to watch this week’s episode. Lieutenants Beckett Mariner, D’Vana Tendi, and T’Lyn are sent on…

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Warm up this holiday season with NASA’s new SLS rocket engine fireplace (video)

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NASA is inviting you to sit by a homey, rocket-powered hearth this holiday season. The space agency created a virtual fireplace lit by the engines of its huge Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which sent the uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to the moon in November 2022. “Just what you need for the holidays — the coziness of a crackling and roaring rocket engine!” NASA wrote in a description of the eight-hour-long fireplace video, which it posted on YouTube on Tuesday (Nov. 26). NASA Rocket Engine Fireplace – 8 Hours in…

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