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Lego rolled out its version of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) on Tuesday (March 1), two weeks before the space agency was scheduled to do the same with the real moon-bound rocket. The toy company released the SLS and three other sets inspired by NASA’s Artemis program as part of an expansion to its long-running … Read more
Prices seem to be on the rise everywhere you turn these days. Fortunately, however, that isn’t the case for some great Lego “Star Wars” sets. These Lego “Star Wars” sets range from an Imperial Probe Droid (save £10) to an awesome 1351-Millenium Falcon (now £20.00 off). All three of the sets on sale feature in … Read more
This BlackSky satellite image, collected over Chernihiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 28, 2022 at 12:22 local time (UTC+2), shows an Epicentr K home improvement warehouse ablaze with scorched fields a few hundred meters east following shelling in the area. (Image credit: BlackSky) Private Earth-observation satellites are helping the world keep tabs on the Russian invasion of … Read more
The secret behind a record-breaking nuclear fusion experiment that spit out 10 quadrillion watts of power in a split second has been revealed: a “self-heating” — or “burning” — plasma of neutron-heavy hydrogen inside the fuel capsule used in the experiment, according to researchers. Last year, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Northern California announced the record … Read more
In experiments culminating the 40-year run of the Joint European Torus (JET), the world’s largest fusion reactor, researchers announced today they have smashed the record for producing controlled fusion energy. On 21 December 2021, the U.K.-based JET heated a gas of hydrogen isotopes to 150 million degrees Celsius and held it steady for 5 seconds while … Read more
The Perseverance rover’s self-driving function is working just great on Mars, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The mission, not quite at one Earth year on Mars, has topped a new distance record for Red Planet rovers. On Friday (Feb. 4) Perseverance made the longest drive completed in a single Martian day, or sol, traveling … Read more
If you’re looking for the best Lego Star Wars sets in the universe, then you’ve come to the right place. We’ve covered all types of kits from smaller, kid friendly builds all the way up to huge centerpiece models that can take days to complete like the Millennium Falcon or the Ultimate Collector Series (UCS) … Read more
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “The Book of Boba Fett” Chapter 4 Like many recent contemporary science fiction shows, “The Book of Boba Fett” uses a number of different directors throughout a single season. This has perhaps been most noticeable in “Star Trek: Discovery” where the pace, tone and amount of time given to secondary plots … Read more
America went backward on climate in 2021. U.S. emissions rose 7 percent through the end of October, according to Carbon Monitor, an academic group that tracks emissions. The finding was echoed by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, which is also projecting a 7 percent increase in energy-related emissions. The increase puts the United States on a steep … Read more
The helmets featured across the Star Wars universe are right up there with lightsabers as far as prestige and instant recognizability go. It’s no surprise then that toymaker Lego, which has been manufacturing building sets inspired by Star Wars for more than two decades, offers several amazing build-and-display models of famous headpieces. Whether you are … Read more