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Archive for January, 2025

Space Mountain at 50: Five nods to NASA from the Walt Disney World ride

January 16th, 2025 by me

The ride today bears little resemblance to actual spaceflight. But in the 50 years Space Mountain has been running, there have been and still are several nods to NASA.

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The 7 best total solar eclipses of the next 10 years

January 16th, 2025 by me

We explore seven of the best solar eclipses to look out for over the next 10 years.

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Battlestar Galactica at 20: the show that reinvented space opera

January 16th, 2025 by me

How a kitsch “Star Wars” cash-in spawned a bona fide sci-fi classic. So say we all!

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Hubble Telescope sees rare supernova explosion as a violent ‘pale blue dot’ (image)

January 16th, 2025 by me

The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a snapshot of a rare supernova that sits in the Gemini constellation, about 650 million light-years away from Earth.

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James Webb Space Telescope sees little red dots feeding black holes: ‘This is how you solve a universe-breaking problem’

January 16th, 2025 by me

The James Webb Space Telescope’s ancient “little red dot” galaxies have been seen as a sign of “broken cosmology.” Feeding supermassive black holes may have come to the rescue.

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Goodnight, Gaia! ESA spacecraft shuts down after 12 years of Milky Way mapping

January 15th, 2025 by me

Goodnight Gaia. The European Space Agency star-tracking satellite ceased operations on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, after 12 years of mapping the Milky Way.

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Uncanny ‘Alien: Romulus’ Ian Holm CGI fixed for home release as director ‘wasn’t 100 percent happy’

January 15th, 2025 by me

Director Fede Alvarez spoke to Empire about fixing the controversial CGI of Rook in Alien: Romulus.

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‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ finale leaves us asking ‘what’s next’?

January 15th, 2025 by me

In its final episode, Skeleton Crew sticks the landing with lots of action and some genuinely tense moments, but its answers are limited.

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