The light from the distant Sparkler galaxy was spotted in the James Webb Telescope’s First Deep Field and could teach us how our own Milky Way devoured other galaxies to grow.
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New Mars photo reveals scars from Red Planet’s ancient past
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft captured a stunning new view of the Red Planet’s complex surface geology.
The new image, taken using the orbiter’s High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), focuses on the flanks of a vast volcanic plateau called Thaumasia Planum. Deep surface fractures and water-carved valleys stream down the side of this volcanic region, offering clues about Mars’ ancient past.
NASA astronauts could hibernate on deep space missions thanks to arctic squirrels
Researchers are studying hibernating Arctic ground squirrels with the goal of harnessing the benefits of this odd natural state to protect astronauts’ health on long-duration space missions.
Hibernation is not just sleep. In fact, it’s quite different from sleep. While we sleep, our brains fire up and become highly active; in hibernation, on the contrary, brain activity completely slows down. The body temperature of hibernating animals also drops, in some cases close to the freezing point, cells stop dividing and heart rate decreases to two beats per minute.
Scientists claim Earth’s inner core has reversed its direction of spin
The Earth’s core may have stopped spinning, or may even now be spinning backwards, according to a new study.
The core of our planet is made up of an outer layer of liquid metal, and an inner core of solid metal that is about 70 per cent the size of the Moon.
It is generally believed that the core rotates counter-clockwise when viewed from the North Pole, like the rest of planet Earth.
2001 A Space Odyssey: Epilogue with Frank Poole
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Sorry, IGNORING A C Clarks PLOTS FOR 2010 AND 3001!!!!!!!!!!! Some 203 years and 2 months after astronaut Frank Poole (Gary Lockwood, this short approved by the self same actor) is murdered by the Discovery’s A.I. HAL 9,000, his body encounters a Monolith. Using practical models and digital versions of the analogue VFX tricks used in the original, with respect to Stanley Kubrick, Douglas Trumbull and Wally Veevers.
For the people who dont read the first line in this description…
Music by Richard Strauss and Gyorgy Ligeti.
2001 A Space Odyssey © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1968.
