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Hubble Space Telescope image of UGC 11105, a spiral galaxy located 110 million light-years away. It has a relatively dim apparent magnitude of 13.6, much fainter than the Sun and many celestial bodies due to the reverse logarithmic scale of magnitude. Despite its size, it appears less bright from Earth. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. J. Foley (UC Santa Cruz)UGC 11105, 110 million light-years away, appears dim with an apparent magnitude of 13.6, highlighting the differences in perceived brightness of celestial objects…

via Paramount The Transformers franchise is now 16 years old, and has seen some major ups and downs during that time. The series has never been a critical smash, but it’s almost always been box office gold, and Paramount will be hoping that Transformers: Rise of the Beasts continues that lucrative streak. We’re still awaiting the Rotten Tomatoes score, but the first reactions from those that have seen it are now in. As is typical with this franchise, it appears that Rise of the Beasts is silly fun that…

via Warner Bros. Ever since the opening scene of James Cameron’s classic original, fans had been desperate to see a full-scale war movie that captured the brutal battle between man and machine, but when they finally ended up getting it in Terminator Salvation, the results were as dry as the wastelands the conflict was fought on. While a $371 million take at the box office wasn’t bad, it wasn’t quite worth the $200 million investment, and neither was a Rotten Tomatoes score of only 33 percent. Even director McG…

Nurturing a forest ecosystem back to life after it's been logged is not always easy. It can take a lot of hard work and careful monitoring to ensure biodiversity thrives again.But monitoring biodiversity can be costly, intrusive, and resource-intensive. That's where ecological acoustic survey methods, or "ecoacoustics", come into play.Indeed, the planet sings. Think of birds calling, bats echolocating, tree leaves fluttering in the breeze, frogs croaking, and bush crickets stridulating. We live in a euphonious theatre of…

The surface of Mars is a pretty desolate place at first glance. The soil is many times as dry as the driest desert on planet Earth, the temperatures swing from one extreme to the other, and the air is incredibly thin and toxic.And yet, there's ample evidence that the planet was once much warmer and wetter, with lots of flowing and standing water on its surface. Over time, as Mars' atmosphere was slowly stripped away, much of this water was lost to space, and what remains is largely concentrated around the poles as…

Of all the songs you sing, which stirs your emotions the most? 25aubreyWhen I was little and doing the classical stuff, it would have been My Lagan Love – a beautiful Irish air – or a Welsh song Mae Hiraeth Yn y Mor . I don’t long for my pop stuff but the EPs had a lot of pertinence. The song Nerve is really emotionally hardcore. In Pop Dungeon , the one that gets me is With Every Heartbeat by Robyn, which is such a lean song but packed full of pathos, meaning and glory.You collaborated with the likes of Eg White, Corinne…

K-pop band NCT 127 were forced to end their first concert in Indonesia early after 30 people fainted in a crush, police said.Indonesia is still reeling after more than 130 people, including more than 40 children, died in a stadium crush last month – one of the deadliest disasters in football history.Police spokesperson Endra Zulpan said late on Friday that the concert near the capital Jakarta had been going for around two hours when fans started surging forward to get closer to the stage.“Because of it, 30 people fainted.…

Image via Prime Video Marvel Cinematic Universe fans are looking rather pale after hearing the news that The Boys‘ Anthony Starr will portray the legendary vampire Dracula in the forthcoming Mahershala Ali-starring Blade movie. RUMOR: It looks like Marvel Studios was able to “land” this actor & introduce him to a new CBM “home”. Anthony Starr will allegedly make his MCU debut as Dracula alongside Mahershala Ali in #Blade next November. pic.twitter.com/qTaDcYQenh— MCU Status (@MCUStatus) July 14, 2022 In…

We tend to associate healthy coral reefs with their visual splendor: the vibrant array of colors and shapes that populate these beautiful underwater ecosystems.But they can also be rather noisy places. If you've ever been snorkeling in a coral reef environment, you'll know the distinctive clicking and popping sounds made by various marine creatures under the water, such as snapping shrimp and feeding fish.  That buzzy din of background noise – almost like the chattering hiss of radio static – is such a unique feature of…