Now that the final season has finished, we figured it’d be the perfect time to sit down and talk about why The Bad Batch worked so well, both as a Clone Wars spinoff and a Star Wars series with a voice of its own. After Clone Force 99 debuted in the final season of The … Read more
From an occultation of Mars to conjunctions with Venus and Jupiter, the moon will be involved in a bevy of spectacular events in 2025, and it will appear at its biggest and brightest since 2019. Here are some dates for this year’s moon-gazing diary. If you’re looking for some skywatching gear to make the most … Read more
Historians will look back on 2024 as a special year for spaceflight. From SpaceX plucking a huge rocket out of the sky to the first privately funded spacewalk to the launch of a $5 billion mission to study an ice-covered ocean moon, this year held many record-breaking achievements and advances that brought humanity ever closer … Read more
In the coming years, NASA and other space agencies will send humans back to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo Era—this time to stay! To maximize line-of-sight communication with Earth, solar visibility, and access to water ice, NASA, the ESA, and China have selected the Lunar South Pole (LSP) as the location … Read more
December 2024 will see a rare “black moon,” a term for the second new moon in a calendar month. The second new moon of December will occur at 5:27 p.m. ET (2227 GMT) on Dec. 30, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, two days after the waning moon passes by Mercury in the predawn sky. … Read more
Monoculars are basically a half pair of binoculars and can be a super compact way for you to enjoy stargazing wherever your travels take you. Because of their small size, monoculars are highly portable, meaning that you don’t have to worry about lagging a heavy telescope to a dark sky site to enjoy some skywatching. … Read more
Essential info Price: $79.99/£69.99 Model number: 76295 Number of pieces: 509 Dimensions: 7 x 13 x 8.5 inches (18 x 33 x 22cm) Recommended age: 18+ It’s safe to say that the Lego Marvel Avengers Helicarrier won’t be finding a place in our list of the best Lego Marvel sets any time soon. It’s a … Read more
Almost five years after Gears 5 released, developer’s The Coalition revealed Gears of War: E-Day, a prequel which is being described as this series’ Halo: Reach or Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. We’ve yet to learn about the new sci-fi third-person shooter’s release window, so now it’s the perfect time to either replay or … Read more
Why are the winter stars so bright? It’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere (summer in the Southern Hemisphere), and if you look outside in the evening you’ll see many bright stars. Beginning around now, the evening sky as seen from around the world will look clearer and sharper than it did 6 months ago, assuming no … Read more
View larger. | The shortest day is at the solstice. But many are surprised to learn that the latest sunrises come days or weeks after the solstice. This map shows the number of days between earliest sunset and latest sunrise, for various latitudes. And it shows the dates of these events. When is your latest … Read more