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M Emmet Walsh was the outstanding Hollywood character actor who emerged in the American new wave, a performer whose mesmerically watchable and powerful looks made him eminently castable; he was jowly and heavy set, but always looked tough, as if the idea of a fistfight would not be a novel or frightening thing for him. But he also had a woundedly sad expression in those poached-egg eyes.Walsh lent a texture of reality to any picture he was in – like his approximate contemporaries Ned Beatty or George Kennedy, a performer…

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen has treated the world to a mesmerizing timelapse video of the journey from space back to Earth. In a stunning timelapse video shared recently, viewers can see the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft gracefully undocking from the International Space Station (ISS) before its splashdown near the coast of Florida.Mogensen, along with his crewmates NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos astronaut Konstantin Borisov, have been on an almost six-month-long…

In a groundbreaking revelation, the XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory, spearheaded by Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), has provided an initial glimpse of the extraordinary data it will soon gather as it embarks on its scientific operations later this year. A snapshot released by the satellite's science team showcases a conglomerate of hundreds of galaxies and a spectrum of stellar remnants from a nearby galaxy, offering scientists an intricate understanding of its chemical…

In an amazing celestial feat, astronomers at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have snapped a breathtaking image of Comet P12/Pons-Brooks, also known as Devil Comet, using the Himalayan Chandra Telescope (HCT) at the Indian Astronomical Observatory in Hanle, Ladakh. Often referred to as the 'Devil Comet' or likened to the iconic 'Millennium Falcon' due to its distinct appearance, this cosmic wanderer, discovered in 1812, orbits the Sun every 71 years. Recent observations have revealed a surge in its activity,…

The Cambodian-French film-maker Davy Chou, a longtime champion of “lost” Cambodian cinema, made a splash in Cannes in 2016 with his dramatic feature debut, Diamond Island, a prize winner in the international critics’ week strand. For the lead role in his follow-up feature, Return to Seoul, about an adoptee who travels from France to Korea in search of her roots, he turned to Korean-born visual artist Park Ji-min, who had moved to France as a child but had no acting experience. An intense period of collaboration followed,…

Nearly everyone has witnessed the stunning phenomenon in the sky we call a rainbow. But why does this spectrum of colours form in the sky? A rainbow forms due to the interaction between sunlight and the atmosphere. Sunlight enters a water droplet, slowing down and changing direction as it passes from air to water, which is denser. This causes the light to refract and separate into its different colours.As the light reflects off the inside of the droplet, it creates a recognizable spectrum of colours – Violet, Indigo,…

Venus-Jupiter conjunction 2023: Internet users share mesmerising photos of stunning cosmic event on TwitterThe perfect alignment of Jupiter and Venus with the moon on March 1 and 2 was a breathtaking cosmic event. Over the past few weeks, the moon, Jupiter, and Venus, two bright planets in the sky, have formed a stunning trio. The amazing celestial event took place on March 1 and 2, just after sunset. Everyone on earth was able to pay attention to the celestial event, which only occurs once every 13 months.…

In a rare celestial event, the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter came together in perfect alignment. The three bodies formed a triangle-like structure. Venus, Earth's twin planet and the biggest planet in the solar system, Jupiter, are already coming close to each other as they head for conjunction on March 1. A conjunction is when the two planets appear so close to each other that it seems like the two planets are touching each other in the Earth's sky.  People across the globe, including in India spotted the…

National Park Service (NPS) has shared some of the amazing images of the Aurora Borealis. Check the images here. Have you seen the aurora borealis? The recent images of the Aurora Borealis shared by the National Park Service (NPS) is mesmerising. The Aurora Borealis lit up in the sky over Denali which is the highest mountain peak in North America. Sharing the image over its Instagram account, NPS wrote in the description, "'Aurora Borealis!? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country,…

The new trailer of Avatar The Way of Water is all that one needs to lighten up a weekday. The mesmerising trailer brings the magical world of Navi people alive on screen with giant blue amphibian dragons ruling the skies as well as the sea as the Sully family teaches their kids the way of life, until tragedy strikes. The James Cameron film will hit screens worldwide on December 16, 13 years after the original blockbuster. Also read: Avatar 4 and 5 may be scrapped if The Way of Water flops, says James CameronThe new…