Elnath, the 2nd-brightest star in Taurus, is the closest bright star to the galactic anticenter – the point in space directly opposite of our Milky Way’s center. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/elnath-taurus-the-bulls-second-brightest-star…
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Sirius, future South Pole Star
The Southern Hemisphere doesn’t have a pole star now. But – nearly 60 thousand years from now – the sky’s brightest star, Sirius aka the Dog Star, will serve as a southern pole star. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/sirius-future-south-pole-star…
Elon Musk Shows How Teslas Will Talk To Pedestrians
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNET: In a tweet, the Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company’s vehicles will soon be able to talk to pedestrians if you choose, and he showed off a clip of the unnamed feature in action. The Model 3 passing by tells the cameraman, “Well, don’t just stand there staring, hop in.” Musk didn’t…
Major US Companies Breached, Robbed, and Spied on by Chinese Hackers
Rob Barry and Dustin Volz, reporting for Wall Street Journal: The hackers seemed to be everywhere. In one of the largest-ever corporate espionage efforts, cyberattackers alleged to be working for China’s intelligence services stole volumes of intellectual property, security clearance details and other records from scores of companies over the past several years. They got access to systems with prospecting secrets…
Billboard Is Changing Its Albums Chart To Count Video Plays From YouTube
Billboard has announced that video and audio data from YouTube, along with visual plays from several music streaming services, will soon be factored into the Billboard 200 albums chart. In addition to YouTube, officially licensed video content plays from Apple, Spotify, Tidal and Vevo will be included in the album chart’s calculations. From the report: The inclusion of video data into…
Aries? Here’s your constellation
How to see Aries the Ram in your night sky, plus info about this constellation in astronomy history and mythology. Source: https://earthsky.org/constellations/aries-heres-your-constellation…
Drill music with positive lyrics is more popular than negative songs
An analysis of drill music, a form of hip hop controversially linked to gang violence by UK police, on YouTube has found that positive songs are more popular Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2223723-drill-music-with-positive-lyrics-is-more-popular-than-negative-songs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Watch for the moon and the Twins
The 2 bright stars near the moon on November 15 and 16 are Castor and Pollux in the constellation Gemini, legendary Twins of sky mythology. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-in-gemini-near-castor-and-pollux…
Peer out our galaxy’s south window
Visualize looking from our Milky Way galaxy’s flat star-rich disk, into intergalactic space. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/looking-out-galaxys-south-window…
Algol is the Demon Star
What’s the scariest star in all the heavens? Around Halloween, look for Algol – a star named for a demon! How to see it in your sky. Source: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/algol-the-demon-star…