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Sequence of the total lunar eclipse over Castle Stalker, Appin, Scotland. (Image credit: Josh Dury) As the Full Worm Moon rose overnight, skywatchers across the Americas turned their eyes — and their cameras — toward the sky. Over several hours, Earth's shadow slowly crept across the lunar surface, turning our celestial neighbor into a deep, blood-red orb. A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, Earth, and moon align in such a way that Earth casts its shadow on the moon. During totality, the moon moves through Earth’s umbra, the darkest part of its shadow, creating the deep red hue of a "Blood Moon." The March full moon is traditionally known as the "Worm Moon" because this is the time of year when the ground softens and earthworm casts reappear. For these reasons, this total lunar eclipse in March is sometimes referred to as the "Blood Worm Moon." Landscape astrophotographer Josh Dury has sent Space.com some breathtaking photos of the total lunar eclipse from his vantage point at Castle Stalker, Appin, Scotland. Total lunar eclipse March 2025 above Appin, Scotland. (Image credit: Josh Dury) In a battle against the setting moon and the rising sun, Dury captured some remarkable shots of the total lunar eclipse. Total lunar eclipse March 2025 above Appin, Scotland. (Image credit: Josh Dury) Photographer Yuri Cortex captured a beautiful, rusty-red view of the moon during the total lunar eclipse from Mexico City, Mexico. Total lunar eclipse from Mexico City, Mexico. (Image credit: YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Image) Stargazers in Australia also enjoyed a great view of the total lunar eclipse. Photographer Izhar Khan captured the "Blood Moon" over Lake George near Canberra, Australia. The total lunar eclipse reflected in the calm waters of Lake George, Australia. (Image credit: IZHAR KHAN/AFP via Getty Images) Photographer Brandon Bell took this lovely detailed photograph of the total lunar eclipse over Merritt Island, Florida. Here you can see the lower right portion of the moon in Earth's deep umbra shadow. The full Blood Worm Moon is seen during a total lunar eclipse on March 14, 2025 in Merritt Island, Florida. (Image credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Here, the rusty red moon appears above the "Forever Marilyn" statue in Palm Springs, California. Lunar eclipse above the "Forever Marilyn" statue, Palm Springs, California. (Image credit: PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) Below, photographer Patrick Fallon also captured the eclipse above the fronds of a palm from his vantage point in Palm Springs, California. The lunar eclipse is seen above the fronds of a palm tree during the Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse in Palm Springs, California. (Image credit: PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) A beautifully detailed photograph captured by photographer Miguel J. Rodriguez shows the Blood Worm Moon shining over Daytona Beach, Florida. A detailed view of the Blood Worm Moon, Daytona Beach, Florida. (Image credit: Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo Getty Images) Photographer Antonio Ojeda snapped this lovely scene of the full moon rising in Saltillo, Mexico. "Blood Worm Moon", Saltillo, Mexico. (Image credit: Antonio Ojeda/Agencia Press South/Getty Images) Skywatchers gather around telescopes in Caracas, Venezuela, to see the blood-red Worm Moon. Photographer Juan Barreto captured this lovely image of skywatchers enjoying the view of the total lunar eclipse from Caracas, Venezuela. (Image credit: Photo by JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images) It's not just totality that wows skywatchers — every stage of a lunar eclipse has its own unique beauty. This photo by Brandon Bell captures the moment the moon enters the darkest part of Earth's shadow, the umbra. The full Worm Moon enters the umbra ahead of its total eclipse on March 14, 2025 in Merritt Island, Florida (Image credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images) Photographer Andrew Chin took this beautiful photo of the partial phase of the total lunar eclipse from Vancouver, Canada. Partial lunar eclipse phase, Vancouver, Canada. (Image credit: Andrew Chin/Getty Images) This delicate partially eclipsed moon looks stunning in this photograph captured by Yuri Cortez from Mexico City, Mexico. Here, we can see Earth's umbra, the darkest part of the shadow, engulfing the lunar surface during the total lunar eclipse. Partial lunar eclipse phase from Mexico City, Mexico. (Image credit: YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images) The next total lunar eclipse is on Sept. 7, 2025, and will be visible across Asia and Western Australia.

The world's oldest crater has been found in the Pilbara in Western Australia. (Image credit: Tim Johnson/Curtin University) Geologists have discovered the world's oldest known impact crater; it sits in the heart of Western Australia's ancient Pilbara region. An analysis of rock layers in the region suggests a crater at least 62 miles (100 kilometers) wide was carved after a large space rock struck Earth roughly 3.47 billion years ago, when our planet was almost completely covered in water. The discovery pushes back the record for the oldest impact crater on Earth by more than 1 billion years — the previous record holder, the Yarrabubba impact structure, also is in Western Australia. "Given how rare such evidence is due to (Earth's) geological recycling processes, this is a major breakthrough in understanding early Earth," Chris Kirkland of Curtin University in Australia, who led the discovery, told Space.com. The researchers estimate the space rock responsible for the crater was traveling at 36,000 kilometers per hour, with the collision scattering debris across the planet. Despite its global impact, however, the event was not merely a destructive force, according to Kirkland. The crater it left behind may have played a crucial role in fostering early life and therefore provide insights into how life on our planet might have originated, he said. High pressures resulting from shock waves released in the aftermath of meteorite impacts are known to alter minerals within rocks, sometimes transforming them into translucent glass. In principle, this allows for more sunlight to penetrate into the cracks fracturing the rocks, creating the physical and chemical conditions necessary for early life to thrive. As Kirkland explains, meteorite impacts also lead to the formation of hot, mineral-rich pools of water that could have served as cradles for early microbial life, fostering the conditions necessary for life as we know it to emerge. In May 2021, little more than an hour after arriving around an area in the Pilbara region called the North Pole Dome, Kirkland and his colleagues identified evidence for the crater: distinctive rocks that resembled inverted badminton shuttlecocks, with the tops knocked off, known to scientists as "shatter cones." The presence of these hut-like structures, which are exceptionally well-preserved and span several hundred meters, "is direct and frankly indisputable evidence of an ancient impact event," Kirkland said. "Identifying (these) shatter cones was a truly remarkable moment." The researchers returned to the region for more detailed fieldwork in May of last year, after which the Geological Survey of Western Australia dated the rock layers above and below the discovered shatter cones. The layers were estimated to be about 3.47 billion years old, confirming the crater as the world's oldest. If future fieldwork confirms that these cones are present throughout the 40- to 45-kilometer (25- to 28-mile) diameter of the North Pole Dome, this lines up with the 62-mile (100-km) crater size suggested by the new study. "Their discovery at the North Pole Dome confirmed what we had long suspected based on isotopic evidence," Kirkland told Space.com. "Serendipity is a marvelous thing," he and his team wrote in an article on The Conversation. "As far as we knew, other than the Traditional Owners, the Nyamal people, no geologist had laid eyes on these stunning features since they formed." Not everyone is convinced, however, of the newfound ancient impact crater's estimated size and its significance in advancing our understanding of early life on Earth. Marc Norman, an Emeritus Fellow in the Research School of Earth Sciences of the Australian National University, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the study lacks solid evidence regarding the size of this particular crater and how it relates to the role of impacts on early Earth. "While the discovery of this ancient impact crater is interesting, it doesn't really advance our understanding of how impacts might have influenced how Earth formed and evolved over billions of years," he said. Beyond implications for early life on our planet, the newfound crater hints at an as-yet-undiscovered population of similarly ancient impact craters, said Kirkland. This discovery "highlights the importance of re-examining ancient geological terrains for evidence of early impact events." The best chance of locating more ancient craters like the newfound one would be to search for shatter cones and similar features that would have survived our planet's landscape-recycling geologic activities. "The challenge lies in finding them, as most have been destroyed or deeply buried," said Kirkland. This discovery is outlined in a paper published Thursday (March 6) in Nature Communications.

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Absolution (2024) Had the chance to catch it at movie theater, was expecting to see a violent one like was promoted and talking about Liam Neeson holding a gun, but this time was something else, a melancholic journey through Neeson's aging problems and the tough relationship with his family. Dont attempt to watch it if you expect an action movie, maybe in a rainy day or having a thought of the things that you think about getting old and also work for the mob, but he certainly follows a cold revenge apart his personal issues which makes it even. Its a good movie even though not of my favorites from Liam will go 8/10

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Throughout February, a striking gathering of the five brightest planets—Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Saturn—along with the more elusive Uranus and Neptune, will be the main celestial attraction in the evening sky. Later in the month, anyone with a clear, unobstructed view of the horizon may be able to see all five bright planets stretching across the sky. Two of these planets, Mercury and Saturn, will appear especially close together on Monday, Feb. 24 — the highlight of this month-long planetary display. While this planetary alignment isn't particularly rare, it is relatively uncommon. Spotting two, three, or even four bright planets at once is not unusual, but the chance to see all five together doesn't come around often. Looking ahead, a similar alignment will occur in late October 2028, though that event will take place before sunrise, requiring early risers to catch the view. For February 2025, however, all you need to do is step outside at dusk—an especially convenient viewing time. The lineup: Venus, the evening beacon By far, the most prominent of the five planets is Venus. Although it reached its greatest angular distance east of the sun on Jan. 10, it continues to shine brilliantly in the west-southwest sky at dusk throughout February — a breathtaking evening lantern. Venus will remain at peak brightness for much of the month, and if you observe it through steadily held binoculars or a small telescope, you'll see it as a crescent. As February progresses, Venus's disk will appear larger as it moves closer to Earth, while its crescent thins as the planet aligns more closely with the Earth-sun line of sight. Saturn — Easy, then problematic The next planet to spot is Saturn, the famed "lord of the rings." To find it, simply look toward Venus and extend an imaginary line straight downward — the first bright star-like object you come across will be Saturn. Your first impression might be, "Wow, it's so dim!" But in reality, Saturn shines as brightly as a first-magnitude star. However, when compared to Venus, which is a full six magnitudes brighter, Saturn appears significantly fainter—only about 1/250 as bright! Saturn is typically more radiant, but right now, its ring system is nearly edge-on from Earth's perspective, contributing little reflected light. To catch a glimpse of the rings—now appearing as a thin, bright line bisecting the planet's disk—you'll need a small telescope with at least 30x magnification. During the first two weeks of February, watch as the gap between Venus and Saturn gradually widens. In the second half of the month, Saturn will become increasingly difficult to spot against the brightening evening twilight, eventually fading into the sun's glare by month's end. Then there's Jupiter — unmistakable with its silvery-white brilliance, though only one-tenth as bright as Venus. The largest planet in our solar system appears high in the south at dusk, accompanied by two famous naked-eye star clusters, the Pleiades and Hyades, as well as several bright winter stars. The most notable is the orange-hued Aldebaran, positioned just below Jupiter. With binoculars or a small telescope, you can also spot Jupiter's four largest moons, first observed by Galileo in 1610 with his crude telescope. Make a special effort to view them on the night of Feb. 25-26, when three of them—Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto—form a strikingly tight triangle on one side of the planet, while Io sits alone on the other. The triangle will appear "tightest" at 12:39 a.m. Eastern Time on Feb. 26 (0539 GMT, or 9:39 p.m. Pacific Time on Feb. 25). Fiery Mars and his two companions Now, look halfway up in the eastern sky for orange-yellow Mars, which blazes into view as night falls. During February, it is accompanied by the "Twin Stars" of Gemini, Pollux and Castor. This striking trio spends nearly the entire night crossing the sky, forming a distinctive triangle that gradually shifts in size and shape as the month progresses. Mars was at opposition and closest to Earth in January. During February, as Earth moves ahead in its orbit, Mars lags behind, causing it to fade by about three-quarters of a magnitude over the course of the month. Mercury takes us back to Saturn The fifth and final planet is the smallest in our solar system: Mercury. This rocky little world becomes visible during the final week of February, shining almost as brightly as Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, at magnitude -1.2. It will set just over an hour after the sun on Feb. 24. Remember when we said we'd come back to Saturn? Well, on Feb. 24, Mercury will be in conjunction with Saturn, with the two planets appearing relatively close — just 1.5 degrees apart. This will be your chance to complete the set and say you've seen all five evening planets at once. Mercury will be positioned to Saturn's right and shining about eight times brighter. To spot them, you'll need a flat, unobstructed west-southwest horizon and a very clear, transparent sky. Start looking about 30 minutes after sunset, scanning two fist-widths at arm's length directly below Venus. We strongly recommend using binoculars to scan near the horizon. Mercury should be easy to pick up, and once you've found it, you should have no trouble seeing it with the naked eye. Saturn, however, is another story. While it's likely visible through binoculars, spotting it without optical aid will be a challenge. Honorable mention We've covered the five brightest planets visible to the naked eye, but two more can be spotted with good binoculars or a small telescope. A star chart or atlas will help pinpoint their exact locations in the sky. Uranus can sometimes be spotted with the naked eye by those with excellent eyesight, a clear, dark sky, and prior knowledge of where to look. At its brightest, it shines at magnitude +5.6 and is easily identifiable with good binoculars. A small telescope may reveal its tiny, greenish disk. Finally, we come to the most distant of the eight classical planets: Neptune. It will spend all of 2025 in the constellation Pisces. At its peak magnitude of +7.8, this bluish-hued world is visible only with good binoculars or a telescope. Try spotting it on the evening of Feb. 1, when it appears near brilliant Venus and a waxing crescent moon. Later in the month, it fades into the bright evening twilight as it approaches conjunction with the sun on March 20.

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Potential patches of Earth's ancient crust, sometimes called "sunken worlds," may have just been discovered deep within the mantle, thanks to a new way of mapping the inside of our planet. However, these mysterious blobs appear in places they should not, leaving researchers scratching their heads. For decades, scientists have been building up a better picture of Earth's interior by using seismographs — 3D images created by measuring how seismic waves from earthquakes reverberate deep within our planet. This method has helped scientists identify ancient sections of the planet's crust, known as subducted slabs, that have been pulled into the mantle through subduction zones where tectonic plates meet. For example, in October 2024, researchers announced the discovery of a section of seafloor that had sunk deep into the mantle below Easter Island. In a study published Nov. 4, 2024, in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers revealed that they had discovered "numerous" potential subducted slabs throughout Earth's mantle, using a new type of seismographic imaging. (Little information about the size, shape and exact locations of the blobs has been revealed so far.) However, unlike previously identified subducted slabs, which are found in areas where tectonic plates currently collide or have previously smashed together, some of the new anomalies are located in places where no known tectonic activity has ever occurred, such as below the western Pacific Ocean. As a result, it is unclear how they ended up there. "That's our dilemma," Thomas Schouten, a doctoral candidate at the ETH Zurich Geological Institute in Switzerland, said in a statement released Jan. 7. "With the new high-resolution model, we can see such anomalies everywhere in the Earth's mantle. But we don't know exactly what they are." There are other potential explanations for the newly mapped blobs. For example, they may be made of crust-like material left over from the mantle's creation 4 billion years ago. Or they may consist of some other similarly dense material that has grown within the mantle over the past few hundred million years. However, these are just alternative theories. At the moment, the identity of these blobs remains a "major mystery," ETH Zurich representatives wrote in the statement. Finding "sunken worlds" Until now, everything we know about Earth's innards has come from stitching together different seismographs created from different individual earthquakes across the globe. But in the new study, researchers used a new method, known as full-waveform inversion, which uses computer models to combine these seismographs into a single clear image. This is a computationally intensive method, and to pull it off, researchers had to run the model on the Piz Daint supercomputer at the Swiss National Supercomputer Center in Lugano — formerly Europe's most powerful computer — to crunch the numbers. The newly discovered blobs are located far from any current or past fault lines between tectonic plates (shown here in red). (Image credit: brichuas/Getty Images) Study co-author Andreas Fichtner, a seismologist at ETH Zurich who created the full-waveform model used in the new research, compared the use of full-waveform inversion to medical imaging advancements. Imagine a doctor has been studying the circulatory system for decades, Fichtner said. "Then, if you give them a new, better examination tool, they suddenly see an artery in the buttock that doesn't really belong there," Fichtner explained. "That's exactly how we feel about the new findings." Researchers think the newly discovered blobs may be subducted slabs, largely because seismic waves travel through them both at the same speed. But this does not guarantee that they are the same thing, and more research is needed to assess whether they are actually alike. "We have to calculate the different material parameters that could generate the observed speeds of the different wave types," Schouten said. "Essentially, we have to dive deeper into the material properties behind the wave speed."

A Perfect Murder (1998) Had the chance to rewatch this movie and goes straight to the point since the beginning. Gwyneth Paltrow shines like our sun in this good elaborated plot about a wife being unfaithful with her husband. Oldies but goldies, I give it a 9/10

Metallica - Master of Puppets Such a great band, reminds me a lot of my high school times, even though they have came to my country I havent had the opportunity to listen live, but huge fan 🤘 Next is 'A' 😄