A long-tailed comet has been spotted close to the sun, and some astronomers are predicting it could be seen with the naked eye in mid-October — just as another comet is forecast to do the same. It could mean two bright comets will be visible in the night sky at the same time, on the peak night of a meteor …
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‘Camp Rock 3’ Gets Disney Greenlight With Jonas Brothers & Demi Lovato
It’s official. Camp Rock 3 is in the works. Disney Branded Television today confirmed that the third installment of the franchise has been greenlit for Disney+ and Disney Channel, with Joe, Nick and Kevin Jonas returning to their reprise their roles. Camp Rock alum Demi Lovato also returns to executive produce, along with the Jonas brothers. Filming got underway this …
Read More »Impressive dwarf-vs-alien autoshooter Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor burrows out of early access
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor has launched its 1.0 version today, September 17th, ending the Vampire Survivors-like and DRG spinoff’s two-year spell in early access. Despite some initial umming and ahhing about how a comedy co-op FPS would translate into a single-player autoshooter – if I press the Rock and Stone button and nobody hears, did I say Rock and Stone? …
Read More »Your new Vampire Survivors obsession is Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor – and it’s a feast of a game
I still can’t quite believe Vampire Survivors popularised a subgenre. I’m not mad at it – I adore it. But who would have predicted such a simple-looking and simple-playing thing would inspire such a following? A game in which all you do is move an auto-attacking character around while avoiding the swarms of enemies chasing after you. A game about …
Read More »Forgotten rock changes everything we knew about Stonehenge
A forgotten stone from a 1924 dig is now steering a long running Stonehenge debate in a clear direction. New analyses of the hand sized Newall boulder point to people, not ice, as the movers of the monument’s smaller bluestones. Researchers mapped the rock’s minerals and chemistry and matched it to Craig Rhos-y-Felin in west Wales, about 125 miles from …
Read More »Black Rock Coffee Bar, founded in Oregon, worth more than $1 billion after IPO
Black Rock Coffee Bar raised $294 million in an initial public offering Friday, with its stock soaring 38% as trading began in New York. The company priced shares at $20 but they climbed to $27.53 on the first day of trading. That gives Black Rock a market value of about $1.3 billion. Black Rock founders Daniel Brand and Jeff Hernandez …
Read More »Mars rock contains "clearest sign" yet of potential past life on Red Planet – Axios
Mars rock contains “clearest sign” yet of potential past life on Red Planet Axios Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, Mars Nature Rock discovery contains ‘clearest sign’ yet of ancient life on Mars, NASA says CNN NASA Says Mars Rover Discovered Potential Biosignature Last Year NASA (.gov) NASA rover finds potential sign of ancient life in Martian rocks Reuters Source link
Read More »NASA says Mars rock sample shows ‘potential biosignatures’ : NPR
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this image of a rocky area nicknamed “Cheyava Falls” on July 18, 2024, showing black “poppy seed” and larger “leopard spot” features. Researchers say a sample from the site reveals a tantalizing mix of details suggesting the potential presence of life, billions of years ago. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS hide caption toggle caption NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS A long time ago, …
Read More »Martian rock contains ‘clearest sign’ of ancient life on Mars, NASA says
Facebook Tweet Email Link Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars last year may have potentially been made by ancient life, NASA announced Wednesday. The team has also published a peer-reviewed paper in the journal Nature about the new analysis, though they say further study is needed. “After a year of review, …
Read More »Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson explains his recent weight loss
Facebook Tweet Email Link A man who built a career of his brawn looks a lighter these days. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s decidedly more svelte appearance has raised more than a few eyebrows. The professional wrestler turned movie star explained the change during the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival’s “In Conversation With…” series held Monday. Johnson, though still muscular, said …
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