Meteor showers happen when dust from a passing comet or asteroid passes through the Earth’s atmosphere. The tiny particles – roughly the size of a grain of sand – vaporise, creating visible streaks of light. In the most dense parts of the dust stream, more meteors are visible. The Perseids in particular are known for…
Comcast said Monday it plans to spin off its remaining media business into a new publicly traded company as it looks to better compete in a media landscape increasingly characterized by pressure from streaming rivals and consolidation. The separation, which will happen via a tax-free spinoff of NBCUniversal and Sky, is expected to be completed…
Following a record-breaking heatwave in the UK this week, the door is being opened to cooler and fresher air coming in from the Atlantic. As well as a change in temperature, there is more unsettled weather in the forecast for the early part of the week. While many places will be dry on Monday during…
Alan Hale, who wheeled a telescope out of his New Mexico garage on July 23, 1995, and spotted a fuzzy object in the constellation Sagittarius, discovering what may be the most-viewed comet in human history — known as Hale-Bopp, after Dr. Hale and Thomas Bopp, another sky watcher who saw it the same night —…
Sky unveiled a new three-part original series on Sunday, entitled Dynamo vs Houdini. “The last time the world saw Dynamo, he buried himself alive. This weekend, he returned,” the Comcast company teased, sharing that the series would air later this year. “In front of a huge crowd on Saturday night, Dynamo attempted the most ambitious…
The Moon’s monthly orbit around Earth is slightly elliptical rather than circular, which means its distance from us varies and so not all full Moons are the same. When this year’s Flower Moon becomes full it will be close to its maximum distance from Earth – a point known as apogee. That means this year’s…
Microsoft has been the biggest supporter of the much-hyped market for carbon removal technologies, which are designed to remove a key planet-warming gas from the atmosphere. But now, the tech giant is stepping back from an industry it almost single-handedly was propping up. With the company now telling some partners that it is pausing future…
I’m a huge role-playing game (RPG) guy. I’ve spent countless hours playing through the Shin Megami Tensei, Yakuza, and Final Fantasy games, to name a few. But recently, I was given the opportunity to review a title from a series I had no experience with at all: Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter. Although I…
Shorouk Express A Boeing plane was forced to divert moments after take off as bright flash sparked in the sky. Flight DE3665, bound for Düsseldorf, took off from the island of Corfu before it was diverted to Brindisi, Italy, on 16 August. Footage shows a bright flash on the right-hand side of the aircraft in…
Shorouk Express The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US A mysterious object streaking across the sky has left hundreds of residents across the southern United States…
