Here’s the latest dirt on Mars. NASA’s trusty Curiosity rover, which has been exploring the so-called red planet for years, just unearthed something huge — a stash of carbon-rich carbonate minerals indicating that the spinning object of Elon Musk’s affection may have once had the goods to host human life. “It tells us that the planet … Read more
It wasn’t just the heavens weeping. A jaw-dropping discovery by NASA may lend cosmic credibility to one of the Bible’s most dramatic moments — the crucifixion of Jesus Christ — and the spooky sky show that followed. The space agency’s astronomical models suggest that a lunar eclipse turned the moon red over Jerusalem on Friday, … Read more
Many travelers to Barcelona, Spain, may find themselves at one of the most beautiful sacred places in the world: the Sagrada Familia. The basilica is the largest unfinished Catholic church, attracting not just worshippers but tourists from all over. Sagrada Familia attracts so many tourists that the city of Barcelona is now building a specific area just for visitors … Read more
It’s been three long days since Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin flew an all-women crew into space for 11 minutes — leading passenger Katy Perry to dramatically kiss the ground after she touched down, like a freshly released hostage. There’s been plenty of news to drown out the story of this ridiculous, art-directed launch that came complete … Read more
Jessica Alba has thrown her support behind the controversial all-female Blue Origin mission, instead urging fans to direct their anger toward President Trump. On Monday, Katy Perry, Gayle King and Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez joined astronaut and bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen, NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe and filmmaker Kerianne Flynn for a historic … Read more
While Katy Perry’s daughter watched in awe as her mom was launched into space, the family of the disabled veteran she’s suing isn’t impressed. The “Firework” singer, 40, blasted into space on Monday, April 14, as part of Blue Origin’s NS-31 mission. The all-female crew included the pop star, Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez, film producer … Read more
Will Botox and fillers blast off in space? Lauren Sánchez, the fiancée of Amazon founder and Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos, joined pop star Katy Perry, “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King and others on the space tech company’s New Shepard rocket for a historic all-female spaceflight — in full “glam” — on Monday morning. Lauren … Read more
Online conspiracy theories are out of this world. A mysterious triangular tower has been discovered at the secretive Area 51 — and social media users are insisting that the structure is “alien technology.” Curious minds found that they could see the tower in the Nevada desert — described as standing at between 150 and 190 … Read more
Pop-star Katy Perry and CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King both immediately kissed the Earth after returning from their trip to space on Blue Origin’s Shepard rocket Monday morning. The two celebrities, part of the all-female mission, popped out of the capsule and immediately dropped to their knees to give the Texas desert a smooch, thrilled … Read more
Ladies, get in formation. Katy Perry, Gayle King, Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez and the rest of Blue Origin’s all-female crew posed in their space suits in a photoshoot over the weekend ahead of their journey Monday. Perry, 40, posted the pictures on Instagram and wrote, “Happy International Day of Human Space Flight 🚀 Forever … Read more
Katy Perry is gearing up for her journey into space. On April 14, the 40-year-old singer will be flying aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket ship on an all-female mission along with the Amazon founder’s fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, talk-show host Gayle King, film producer Kerianne Flynn, NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, and civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen. … Read more
Skid Row has checked out. Down-and-dirty punk music staple CBGB is now designer John Varvatos’ retail space. Dark and dank Mars Bar has been replaced by a TD Bank. And after years of extensive renovation, the scaffolding has finally come down at 338 Bowery, where the last flophouse on the once-notorious strip — the former … Read more
Two harrowing sexual assaults occur in the first 15 minutes of “Love Hotel,” a 1985 erotic drama from the cult director Shinji Somai. First, Tetsuro (Minori Terada), a flailing Tokyo businessman in debt to the yakuza, is forced to stand by while his wife, Ryoko (Kiriko Shimizu), is raped by a mob loan shark. Later, … Read more
William Shatner had some less than reassuring words of advice for Gayle King ahead of her journey into space. In 2021, the “Star Trek” actor made history when he became the oldest person to travel to space after flying aboard Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin New Shepard rocket. During a Thursday appearance on “CBS Mornings,” Shatner joined … Read more
An astronaut has shown how you drink a cup of coffee — in space. NASA spaceman Don Pettit demonstrated the tricky task of sipping from a special mug in microgravity on the International Space Station (ISS). Hilarious scenes were shared today (27 March). He let the cup float before him before leaning in to take … Read more
Astronaut Kellie Gerardi is counting down to lifting off. Gerardi made headlines in 2023 when she went to space aboard a Virgin Galactic suborbital flight, becoming one of less than a hundred women to slip the surly bonds of Earth. Not to mention, she’s built up quite a following on TikTok. Now she is slated to return to … Read more
US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams — who have been stranded at the International Space Station for nine months for what was supposed to be a 10-day trip — are finally earthbound. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to realize that spending the better part of a year in outer space might have an … Read more
An air traveler took to Reddit to detail an encounter with a fellow passenger who intruded on her personal space, titling the post, “Please don’t do this.” “Woke up to the guy next to me spreading his right leg into my seat with his foot under my seat. Asked him to move and he said … Read more
“Mickey 17” is the first feature that Bong has made with a Hollywood studio, and his most expensive one yet, with a budget just under $120 million. On this last score, though, he was ambivalent. “I prefer small productions, and I dislike big productions,” he said. I’d heard chatter that when Warner Bros. greenlighted “Mickey … Read more
On May 2, 1945, just a few days before World War II ended and two days after Adolf Hitler committed suicide, Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun and his team of engineers surrendered to American soldiers. “The grizzled GIs who received von Braun’s surrender were skeptical of the urbane, self-assured German’s claims,” write Emily Carney and … Read more