Apparently Ring cameras catch both potential home and alien invaders in the act. Taking a break from busting trespassers, the popular doorbell security device has captured the moment a mysterious green fireball streaked across the night sky in Louisiana — sparking conspiracy theories that the object could’ve been extra terrestrial in origin. “Ring doorbell camera … Read more
It was a UFO (unidentified floating object). Australian authorities have issued a warning beach-goers to steer clear of a “hazardous” piece of cylindrical flotsam that could’ve been part of a foreign space craft. The bizarro object’s arrival was detailed in a series of tweets by the Australian Space Agency Monday. “As the origin of the … Read more
NASA has found “organic molecules” on Mars that could signal a breakthrough about “key building blocks for life” on the red planet, according to a new research paper. The out-of-this-world discovery was uncovered by NASA’s Perseverance rover within Mars’ Jezero crater — a region with “high potential for past habitability as the site of an … Read more
It’s the first anniversary of cosmic observations and photographs from the James Webb Space Telescope, and NASA is celebrating by releasing one of its best shots yet. A new image shows a colorful close-up of a dozen of stars at the moment of birth. “On its first anniversary, the James Webb Space Telescope has already … Read more
Somebody warn Michael Keaton. Betelgeuse — a bright, red supergiant star, pronounced “Beetlejuice,” that’s around 640 light years from our planet — is now “a good candidate for the next galactic supernova,” according to new research. The explosion would be so bright that Earthlings would be able to see the cosmic fireworks display even in … Read more
Stargazers will be over the moon. This year’s first full supermoon will occur over the Fourth of July weekend — on Sunday, July 2, and Monday, July 3 — a bright and bold backdrop for holiday fireworks. Also known as the Buck Moon, it will reach peak illumination at 7:39 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday, … Read more
“Space Disco Cowboy.” “Yacht Shabbat.” “Burning Man Formal”? More couples are tossing tradition when it comes to what wedding guests should wear, to some befuddlement among invitees. Maggie Long, 34, recently attended the nuptials of a close friend in a low-key Denver lounge. The suggested dress? “Dive Bar Semiformal.” “I love a theme,” said Long, who lives … Read more
That’s one giant leak for mankind. The good folks at NASA have invented a system in which both astronaut urine and sweat are made into safe drinking water while up and away in the final frontier of space. “The team acknowledges that the idea of drinking recycled urine might make some people squeamish,” according to … Read more
In 2006, SpaceX’s first attempted rocket launch left from a former US military site on Omelek Island in the Pacific Ocean. The craft’s $7 million price tag would have been impressively inexpensive, but 30 seconds after liftoff, its rocket engines faltered — and the hunk of metal plummeted back to Earth, smashing 200 yards offshore. … Read more
What a waste. A satellite image taken above Chile’s Atacama Desert captures ever-growing mountains of discarded clothes as the problem of fast fashion persists. The photo, shared last month by the satellite photo and video app SkyFi, highlights the result of the roughly 59,000 tons of used and unsold clothing that arrive at Chile’s Iquique … Read more
NASA has created shocking visuals of carbon emissions “to dissect our atmosphere and understand some of the major contributors” behind the gas. The videos, which are time-lapse photography of the gnarly-looking greenhouse emissions from 2021, show the patterns carbon had taken above each continent throughout those 12 months. In the diagrams, fossil fuels are colored … Read more
It’s one giant explosion for mankind. At the end of the 1950s — a decade shy of Apollo 11’s successful lunar landing — the US military had the radical idea of detonating a nuclear bomb on the surface of the moon, Air Force documents from 1959 show. “Nuclear detonations in the vicinity of the moon … Read more
He has boldly gone where few people have gone before, and William Shatner likely will not go back. After earning a once-in-a-lifetime ticket on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin spacecraft in 2021, Shatner returned to Earth consumed with feelings of “grief.” He compared going back on a galactic journey to “revisiting a love affair” and told Fox News … Read more
Get ready for the finale of sets in the city. Many things can be considered a “New York staple,” including the bi-yearly “Manhattanhenge” — which unfolded Monday night and will continue to light up the NYC cityscape into Tuesday evening. What is ‘Manhattanhenge?’ The term applies when the sun lines up perfectly between the east-west … Read more
Watch this space. The hunt is on for pieces of a meteor that crashed near Cairns, Australia on Saturday night. The meteoroid fireball, which gave off a neon green hue as it hurtled through the atmosphere, lit up the sky upon impact, startling citizens. The incredible astronomical event was captured by a security camera at … Read more
This wedding space is truly out of this world. If the thought of nuptials on Earth sounds a little boring, a space travel company wants to give you the opportunity to get hitched at a venue looking down on the third rock from the sun instead. The company, called Space Perspective, is offering couples an … Read more
It’s a Michelin-star mission. A tourism company is selling tickets for voyages in a luxury hot air balloon – a pressurized capsule attached to a stratospheric balloon – where brave gourmands will be served three-star fare on the edge of space. French company Zephalto’s low-carbon luxury air balloon, Céleste, will seat up to six passengers, … Read more
Scientists have solved the mystery behind the “runaway” black hole tearing through the universe discovered last month that was dubbed an “invisible monster on the loose.” A new study published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics suggested that what was thought to be a supermassive black hole creating a never-before-seen trail of stars was actually … Read more
Missed connections of the third kind. Given the ever-growing vastness of the universe, it remains difficult to imagine there has never been an official recorded account of extraterrestrial life attempting to contact Earth. The idea that the human race is the only intelligent life in the universe can be frightening — and statistically seems unfathomable … Read more
Ya burnt! For the first time — and in our own Milky Way galaxy — scientists were able to watch in real time as a dying star sucked a “Jupiter-sized world” into its blazing core. The stunning act of celestial cannibalism, which took place 12,000 light-years away, left researchers from MIT, Harvard and Caltech agog … Read more