Signs of the Quadrantid meteor shower began in the tail end of December, but the event peaks in early January. During its peak, between 60 to 200 meteors can be seen per hour under flawless conditions. This can help create a series of bright meteorites of fireballs that explode in the night sky in bursts of light and color that last longer than their most basic trail of shooting star.

After launching into space, the Crew Dragon detaches from the rocket as it prepares to dock at the ISS. The two-minute clip that Musk tweeted on Monday shows flight crew boarding the capsule-like spaceship Crew Dragon, countdown, take off and separation of the vehicle from the Falcon 9 rocket.

Lawrence then hit Tee Higgins in the back of the end zone for two points, making it a 6-point game. It was also the longest rush they've allowed since October 2016, per ESPN Stats & Info , when former Florida State running back Dalvin Cook had a 70-yard run in Clemson's win over the Seminoles.

The crew of the International Space Station is having an out-of-this-world celebration for Christmas. Meir posted a picture Sunday on Twitter of her feet in blue and neon-colored Hanukkah socks, with a Menorah and a Star of David, from the International Space Station.
The capsule may not be carrying people on this run, but it is loaded with around 600 lbs of cargo, including supplies and experiment materials, which the astronauts on the ISS will unload before the Starliner undocks and makes its return trip to Earth in about a week.

This jet could pave the way forward for commercial supersonic air travel. The X-59 is designed to fly at a maximum speed of Mach 1.5 (990 mph) at a cruising altitude of 55,000 feet and create a sound about "as loud as a vehicle door closing": that of 75 Perceived Level decibels (PLdB).

New England will welcome in the Buffalo Bills to Gillette Stadium in Foxborough in a rare Saturday evening contest while looking to secure the AFC East title against a divisional opponent. Indeed, the Patriots' secondary has been elite this season. Gilmore has taken the opposing team's best receivers out of the game completely thanks to his own individual efforts.

Astronomers created a high-resolution image of the center of Milky Way in its early years, and it reveals a burst of star formation extremely intense. "Our unprecedented survey of a large part of the Galactic center has given us detailed insights into the formation process of stars in this region of the Milky Way", says Rainer Schödel from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia in Granada, Spain, one of the authors of the study.

What is it? CHEOPS (the Characterising Exoplanets Satellite) is a small space telescope created to investigate exoplanets that are larger than Earth and smaller than Neptune. This mission VS23 will be final for Arianespace this year. "The idea is to look at bright stars - because you want to look at ones that are good for follow-up by other telescopes and facilities, to characterise the atmosphere of the planet, for instance".

Global warming is causing heatwaves to be hotter, drier, more likely to occur and longer-lasting, and fires are becoming more likely to grow into large blazes and exhibit extreme behaviour that makes them hard to control. There is a big difference in fires depending on where they are in New South Wales. Of the fires burning around the state, more than half are uncontained.

Meteorologists predict that temperature in South Australia's small town of Oodnadatta will reach 47 degrees on Wednesday, making it one of the hottest places on the planet. According to the Bureau of Meteorology (Bom), Australia has warmed overall by slightly more than 1C since 1910, with most of the heating occurring since 1950.
As Forbes reports , a planetary "kiss" between Saturn and Venus will coincide with the last full moon of the year. The Moon will be full after midnight on Thursday morning, December 12, 2019, appearing "opposite" the Sun (in Earth based longitude) at 12:12 AM EST, according to NASA.

It remains to be seen how big of an impact this management shakeup will have on Alphabet's operations moving forward, but it's probable that Page and Brin have been ramping down their involvement with the company for some time. What started as a way to catalog the growing internet has now become one of the most powerful companies in the world. Indications today are that Google and Alphabet will continue to appear to operate as they have over the past several years, save the adjustment of ...

RELL was first launched in 2015 and was so successful that it launched a second one this year for backup. The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon capsule to the International Space Station is scheduled to liftoff at 12:51 p.m.

India's first lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1 orbited the moon in 2008 but did not land. The LROC team scoured the surrounding area in these new mosaics and found the impact point about 2,500 feet to the southeast of the planned touchdown site, and a spray of debris emanating outward.
Each of them has been sponsored by local businesses and organisations from across Calderdale. "We have people come back year after year after year and we have people say "man we have really good memories", Babb said. Only piñon and juniper trees are available for harvest as Christmas trees on BLM lands. It has been 20 years since Kalie planted the first trees on the farm.
The Mandalorian's first series is comprised of eight episodes, but sadly, we'll have to sit tight until Disney launches in the United Kingdom in March 2020 before we can enjoy it in all its glory. Tons of users were so excited for the throwback shows from their childhood, like That's So Raven and Boys Meets World . In The Empire Strikes Back , Yoda eats what Wookieepedia informs me is "root-leaf stew", a concoction made up of roots and swamp leaves boiled for ten minutes.

According to NASA , Mercury will set its journey on November 11 across the sun at around 7.35 a.m. EST (1235 GMT). The whole 5½-hour occasion will be obvious, assuming the rainclouds blow over, in the eastern US furthermore, Canada, and all Central and South America.

This snow will develop through the mid-to-late morning, and expand in coverage and intensity through the afternoon. Forecasters say the precipitation should be finished in most areas of New Jersey before the Tuesday evening commute gets under way.
It is the second batch in a planned constellation of thousands meant to provide broadband service around the world. For the first time , SpaceX has launched and landed an orbital rocket booster on a fourth mission . Elon Musk tweeted earlier this year using a connection provided by a Starlink satellite for the first time, and the company aims to launch service for customers in the USA and Canada following six total launches of Starlink satellites like this one, with service expanding ...