Category: Solar System

Our solar system

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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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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‘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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Save $980 on one of Unistellar’s best telescopes this Black Friday

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Fancy owning one of the best telescopes on the market? The Unistellar eVscope 2 is reduced by 20% on Unistellar’s website this Black Friday, totaling a saving of $980 but this deal won’t last forever. You can get the Unistellar eVscope 2 on sale right now at Unistellar for $3919. In our Unistellar eVscope 2 review, we praised how wonderful the telescope looks thanks to its sleek tube and modern, understated design. We also think it’s a great choice for astrophotographers as the telescope is capable of taking stunning photos…

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Near Space Labs launches fleet of AI-powered balloon robots to track Earth climate risks

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Near Space Labs, a New York-based startup, has deployed a network of high-altitude balloons equipped with advanced robotic cameras to capture high-resolution images of disaster-prone neighborhoods across the United States. With this enhanced imagery, the startup said it aims to accelerate the work of insurance companies that rely on aerial data to assess property risks and respond to damage caused by extreme weather events. The newly deployed balloons are outfitted with AI-enabled robots called “Swifts,” which are capable of capturing imagery with a resolution of 7 centimeters (2.76 inches) per…

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Act fast! Hulu and Disney+ bundle for just $2.99 a month for a year with this Black Friday deal

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Top Streaming Offers Here, you can find the best Black Friday streaming deals as several services offer big discounts ahead of the annual sales event. It’s always worth checking out what content is available where before choosing your next subscription, so it could be worth checking out our best sci-fi movies and TV shows on Disney Plus, Amazon, Netflix and Paramount Plus guides. Below, you’ll find the best Black Friday streaming deals as there are huge discounts, bundles and free trials available. You can take a look at our Black…

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Mars may have made its 2 moons by ripping an asteroid apart

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Computer simulations suggest that Mars’ puzzling moons, Phobos and Deimos, may have been formed from debris created when a large asteroid wandered dangerously close to the Red Planet. This new model proposes that Phobos and Deimos resulted from the wreckage of a larger asteroid that wandered too close to Mars and crossed its Roche limit — the distance at which gravitational tidal forces emanating from the planet became too great and tore the asteroid apart.  “It’s exciting to explore a new option for the making of Phobos and Deimos —…

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We love this Celestron motorized telescope and it’s $300 off for Black Friday

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Are you serious about skywatching, or upgrading from your current, aging setup? Thanks to Amazon’s Black Friday sale you can save $300 on the Celestron NexStar 8SE, an absolute powerhouse of a motorized telescope that still manages to be beginner-friendly. Get the Celestron’s Nexstar 8SE motorized telescope on sale right now at Amazon for $1299. We rate the Celestron NexStar 8SE as the best motorized telescope out there and the absolute best telescope for seeing planets. It boasts a light-friendly eight-inch aperture, an 80-inch focal length and its fully-automated mount…

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Get $80 off this computer-aided Celestron telescope for Black Friday

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Want a telescope that takes the work out of finding objects? Or maybe you’re buying for a beginner and want to give them a hand? This Celestron 114LCM Newtonian telescope is just what you need, and it’s $80 off at Amazon this Black Friday. This Celestron 114LCM Newtonian telescope is on sale now at Amazon for $359.99. Not only does the Celestron 114LCM function as a regular telescope, but its computerised GoTo mount will automatically find and track objects in the night sky, taking much of the work out of…

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Strange ‘zebra’ patterns are coming from the Crab Nebula — this physicist finally figured out why

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Historical records from around the world describe a bright star appearing in the sky in the year 1054. Today, astronomers are confident that what our ancestors were seeing was, in truth, a star that had gone supernova. But this wasn’t just any supernova. It was a supernova that would eventually lead to the formation of the Crab Nebula — a collage of interstellar gas and dust illuminated by the energy expelled during the death throes of a rapidly contracting nuclear furnace.The star in question would eventually become a pulsar —…

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