The Event Horizon Telescope is back to work this week on tour of exotic cosmic objects

The planet-scale array of observatories most famous for creating the first-ever image of a black hole is heading back to work. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) is gearing up for its 2022 campaign, which includes seven days of remote observations. The telescope network will focus on dramatic objects around the universe including black holes, galaxies … Read more

SNL’s Pete Davidson will fly to space next week with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin

Actor Pete Davidson will reach the final frontier next week, if all goes according to plan. The “Saturday Night Live” star and five other people are scheduled to fly to suborbital space aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle on March 23, company representatives announced today (March 14). Liftoff is targeted for 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 … Read more

Officials Confirm Several Geomagnetic Storms Are Hitting Earth This Week

The Sun is continuing its rowdy behavior, with flares and coronal mass ejections almost every day since mid-January. That means the inevitable has happened: some of those eruptions have blasted in the general direction of Earth, which means we’re in for some solar storms.   The Space Weather Prediction Center of the US National Oceanic … Read more

Watch the moon cross Taurus the Bull in the night sky this week

The moon will pass by the Seven Sisters and other famous parts of Taurus as it crosses through the constellation this week. Starting Monday (March 7), the moon entered the bottom of the bright constellation, which is also known as ‘The Bull.’ Taurus is one of the 12 zodiacal constellations that lies along the ecliptic, … Read more

NASA gearing up for rollout of Artemis 1 mission next week

Teams are starting to retract the “kitchen drawer” platforms surrounding the first rocket that will launch a NASA Artemis mission toward the moon. Retracting the platforms surrounding the huge Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida is a key step to safely sending the rocket and spacecraft to the … Read more

Space.com joins ‘This Week in Space’ podcast on TWiT and you can tune in now

A new space podcast covers all the latest and greatest space news with expert commentary and a “humorous twist.” “This Week in Space,” hosted by author Rod Pyle and Space.com Editor-in-Chief Tariq Malik, premieres today (March 4) on the TWiT podcast network and can also be streamed on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.  “We’re … Read more

Muscle Strengthening Linked to Lower Risk of Dying – Even in Short Amounts

Spending just 30-60 minutes a week on muscle strengthening exercises could be enough to significantly reduce your risk of dying, according to a new study – even with no extra cardio exercise like running or cycling added in.   Based on an analysis of 16 previous studies, covering up to 25 years of research and … Read more

Yoga: At least one session a week may help to lower blood pressure

A large real-world study adds to clinical trial evidence that people who do yoga tend to have lower blood pressure, which may prevent heart attacks and strokes Health 9 February 2022 By Alice Klein Regular yoga may lead to health benefits Boston Globe Copyright: Aram Boghosian/Boston Globe/Getty Images Practising yoga one or more times per … Read more

SpaceX is stacking its giant Starship ahead of Elon Musk’s big update this week

SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk will have a nice visual aid to point to during his highly anticipated Starship presentation on Thursday (Feb. 10). That talk is an update about Starship, the giant vehicle that SpaceX is developing to take people and cargo to the moon, Mars and beyond. Starship consists of two fully … Read more