He’s in a bit of a harry situation. Sources claim that Prince Harry is taking his “fall from grace” quite hard, as he faces fading A-lister friendships and attempts to repair his public image — making numerous public appearances in recent days sans wife Meghan Markle. The Daily Mail reports that the Duke of Sussex … Read more
The stranded Space Station astronauts are keeping busy – by making pizza and dressing as pirates. Americans Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore found themselves marooned on the International Space Station (ISS) in June when the Boeing Starliner spacecraft they arrived on was deemed unsafe to fly back on. They were expecting to spend eight days … Read more
Few things in space are simply black and white — but this bizarre rock certainly is. NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover discovered a strange black-and-white rock unlike anything seen on Mars before, stunning both scientists and the internet. The agency says this could be “a sign of exciting discoveries to come.” NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover discovered … Read more
It’s an entirely different kind of space age. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are stranded at the International Space Station until at least February due to their faulty Boeing craft — but there’s one upside to their extended adventure in orbit. The pair will return a smidge younger than they would have been if … Read more
Our blue moon will no longer be standing alone. Jupiter, eat your heart out: Earth will be getting a second moon in the form of Asteroid 2024 PT5, which will start orbiting our planet later this month. The space rock’s celestial sojourn was detailed recently in a study published in the non-peer-reviewed journal AAS Research Notes. … Read more
He really did gogh the extra mile. “The Starry Night,” the 1889 hallmark artwork by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, is remarkably congruent to the astronomic principles of our sky, atmospheric scientists recently discovered. It also alludes to the artist being well ahead of the scientific minds of the 19th century. Scientists believe that van … Read more
Are we about to get “rocked?” NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued a warning for a monstrous asteroid that is expected to rocket past Earth on Tuesday evening. Dubbed 2024 ON, the celestial space rock measures 950 feet in diameter — approximately the size of a football stadium. The entity is being monitored by the … Read more
He’s a natural-born search engine. A Canadian man researching an upcoming camping trip via Google Maps has uncovered what experts believe to be a gigantic crater — left by an ancient space rock. Joël Lapointe, of Quebec, was scanning through the true north’s Côte-Nord region when he saw the mysterious, roughly nine-mile-wide pit while using the app’s satellite … Read more
Wouldn’t you be happy too? The European Space Agency has found a “smiley” face on the surface of Mars — and the joy-sparking pattern could be a sign of life on the bright red dot. The purplish hue, seen by ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, evokes a grinning — or perhaps still-faced emoji — and is … Read more
These bubbles could spell trouble. A high-tech radar has detected invisible space bubbles over the Great Pyramids of Giza, providing clues to scientists who hope to prevent future satellite interruptions by this mysterious phenomenon. Researchers in China published their findings last month after observing the mysterious floating structures with a breadth as far as 9,500 kilometers. … Read more
Don’t tell Mulder and Scully. An academic in England says Earthlings are having too close of an encounter with UFO conspiracies and that it “is no longer a quirk, but a widespread societal problem.” “This belief is slightly paradoxical as we have zero evidence that aliens even exist,” Tony Milligan, a research fellow in the … Read more
We’ve reached a Sat-urning point. Catch Saturn’s rings while you can: The majestic gas planet’s heavenly hula hoops will vanish within six months — but thankfully it’s just an orbital illusion. Come March 2025, these celestial circles — which extend from 43,500 to 87,000 miles, or the equivalent of 30 Earths — will be rendered invisible … Read more
They can’t all be stars. Researchers using the James Webb Telescope have discovered six distant “rogue” worlds that may have peculiar origins. What’s uncommon is that none of the planet-sized bodies, all between five and 15 times Jupiter’s mass, orbit a star, as the Earth does to the sun. New images from the James Webb … Read more
Rock on. Asteroid debris from a moonlet that was partially exploded by a NASA spacecraft could soar across the skies of Earth and create a stunning light show. Rocket scientist Dr. Eloy Peña-Asensio, from the Polytechnic Institute of Milan, made the claim after studying the effects of the 2022 mission. “Their [the rock pieces] small … Read more
The year’s biggest restaurant story — at least by square feet — hid in plain sight for six months. The massive new Grand Brasserie will open next week in Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall, replacing City Winery. The huge construction project unfolded behind a curtain for months without an inch of media coverage — even though … Read more
Once in a blue moon might be more common than we thought. New images show that our moon is way more colorful than just shades of gray. Instead, the orbital rock was observed to show tints of both blue and red. The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer — abbreviated to Juice — snapped … Read more
William Shatner is a man with many opinions. The “Star Trek” alum, 93, talked about aliens, Earth and climate change during an interview on Frank Morano’s The Other Side of Midnight show last week while promoting his paranormal Fox Nation show “Aliens Among Us.” Shatner, who infamously flew to space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin in 2021, … Read more
Greenwich moon time? As NASA strides to return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since the early 1970s, astronomical experts say that the orbital rock needs its own localized time zone. Why? Simply because Earthly clocks won’t get the job done due to changes in gravity off-world. Experts are calling to create … Read more
It would be out-of-this world sex. Astronauts Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore were only supposed to be at the International Space Station for just 10 days, but because of spacecraft malfunctions, they may be in orbit until February 2025. Some dirty-minded people are now speculating whether or not the astronauts could have sex … Read more
Calling all astronomy enthusiasts and astrology geeks alike! Turn your head skyward in the wee hours of the morning this week, and you’ll see Mars and Jupiter appear to almost kiss. From our perspective here on Earth, come Wednesday, Aug. 14, the red planet and the great gas giant will be in their closest proximity … Read more