Netflix led the Emmy Awards race with a record-breaking 160 primetime nominations, beating the likes of linear television giant HBO and digital newcomers Disney+ and Apple TV+. Deutsche Welle reports: HBO came in second with 107 Emmy nominations, with its hit series “Watchmen” sweeping up 26 nominations, including a nod for the best limited series category. Earlier this year, Netflix hit…
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Researchers foresee linguistic issues during space travel
It lacks the drama of a shape-shifting alien creature, but another threat looms over the prospect of generations-long, interstellar space travel: Explorers arriving on Xanadu could face problems communicating with previous and subsequent arrivals, their spoken language having changed in isolation along the way. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-07-linguistic-issues-space.html…
Full moon, faint eclipse, on July 4-5
The penumbral lunar eclipse of July 4-5, 2020 will be so nearly imperceptible that some will see nothing even while staring at it. Then again … very observant people will notice something strange happening on the moon, without knowing an eclipse is taking place. Who will see it (or not) in this post. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/full-buck-moon-faint-eclipse-july-4-5…
Saharan-fed sunsets in the US
A massive Saharan dust plume is moving into the southeast US, bringing technicolor sunsets and suppressing tropical storms. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/saharan-dust-cloud-us-sunsets-june2020…
Joel Schumacher, Director With a Flair for the Distinctive, Dies at 80
Joel Schumacher, the writer-director who came from a world of window dressing and costume design to bring a singular style to films including St. Elmo’s Fire, Flatliners and a pair of Batman movies, died Monday. He was 80. From a report: Schumacher died after a yearlong battle with cancer, a representative announced. Schumacher’s directorial body of work also included the horror…
Russian military satellite launch spawns space-junk fireball over Australia (video)
Russia launched a military satellite to orbit on Friday (May 22), and the mission generated plenty of drama in the downward direction as well. Source: https://www.livescience.com/russia-satellite-launch-space-junk-fireball.html
Young moon, Venus, Mercury on May 23, 24 and 25
On the evenings of May 23, 24 and 25, 2020, watch the great drama in your western twilight sky, as the young moon meets Mercury and Venus. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/young-moon-2-planets-may-23-24-and-25…
Mercury and Venus pair up May 21 and 22
Depending on where you live worldwide, the planets Mercury and Venus will pair up most closely for the year on May 21 or 22, 2020. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/mercury-venus-pair-up-at-dusk-may-21-and-22…
Learn to recognize the wildlife out your window
With careful observation, you can start to recognize a particular squirrel, or that certain cardinal pair that hangs out on your feeder. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/learn-to-recognize-individual-birds-wildlife…
Coronavirus quarantine useful lessons for future space travel?
Understanding isolation’s effects on regular people, rather than those certified to have ‘the right stuff,’ will help prepare us for the future, whether another pandemic or interplanetary space travel. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/coronavirus-quarantine-useful-lessons-for-future-space-travel…