Sentences with phrase «flickering stars»

In the early 1880s, Harvard Observatory director Edward Pickering put out a call for volunteers to help observe flickering stars.
Neither are any of the other people who orbit around her flickering star: her wicked mom LaVona Golden (Allison Janney), her brutal ex-husband Jeff Gillooly and her moronic bodyguard Shawn Eckhardt (Paul Walter Hauser).
The Kindle was still a flickering star in the distant future (2007), and even when it came along, the first - gen version was a crappy comics reader.

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Before these questions the stars can only flicker and the mockingbird forgets its song.
«Young stars» flickering light reveals remarkable link with matter - eating black holes.»
The study, «Accretion - induced variability links young stellar objects, white dwarfs, and black holes», which is published in the journal Science Advances, shows how the «flickering» in the visible brightness of young stellar objects (YSOs)-- very young stars in the final stages of formation — is similar to the flickering seen from black holes or white dwarfs as they violently pull matter from their surroundings in a process known as accretion.
Whatever the reason for the nebula's angularity, its shape won't last long — the dying stars that produce such space dust last for just a few thousand years, a mere flicker in the life of a star.
The first observations of Tabby's star flickering in real time have put the last nails in the «it's - an - alien - megastructure» coffin.
Maybe the WTF star is not unique after all, or maybe there are other stars that flicker in a totally different way, ending up in their own category of one.
As questions swirled around the existence of extrasolar planets in the late 1990s, Sara Seager, 36, gambled that these distant flickers transiting in front of stars would grow into astronomy's next frontier.
She first reported the star's flickers in 2015 (the star is nicknamed for her) and is a coauthor on Meng's paper.
But soon after astronomers in the Massive Compact Halo Object (MACHO) survey team discovered MACHO -97-BLG on 19 June 1997, they realized the object's flickering was too complex to result from a single - star lens.
In space, above our atmosphere, stars do not twinkle; in space a telescope is also beyond day and night and can thus stare at the same star for weeks on end, gradually teasing from its light the barely perceptible but regular flickers caused by a small orbiting planet.
Collapsing out of dense pockets of hydrogen gas early in the universe's history, the first stars flickered on, emitting ultraviolet light that interacted with the surrounding hydrogen.
In its updated form, it receives e-mail requests from astronomers and automatically executes the observations, searching for planets around other stars and monitoring the flickering of gas falling into black holes.
The tiny flickering was unfortunate at first, since the entire system of measuring the brightness of stars originally used Polaris as its standard.
The size and mass of the only other competitor, Corot 7 - b, is too poorly known because its star flickers with too much activity.
If civilizations on average only exist in their loud, radio - transmitting, high - technology phase for a few thousand years, they will be like flickering sparks among the stars, burning out before they can establish long - lasting beacons that can be seen across the cosmos.
Astronomers from MIT and ASU have detected faint radio signals coming from the Cosmic Dawn — the time when the first stars began to flicker on (Credit: CSIRO Australia)
This resulted in the first stars flickering on across the Universe, and the UV radiation they emitted interacted with the surrounding hydrogen gas.
Star KIC 8462852 caused quite a kerfuffle when scientists noted its unusual flicker.
We discuss further work that correlates «flicker» with stellar density, allowing the application of astrodensity profiling techniques used in exoplanet characterization to many more stars.
There are, of course, other less outlandish explanations for the flickering of this star.
Only additional research and in - depth observation of this star will reveal the true cause the the strange flickering of KIC 8462852.
The Webb telescope will capture this long - traveling light to see the universe's infancy, early stars and galaxies flickering to life after the Big Bang.
Title: Observing Convection in Cool Stars through Light Flicker Abstract: As a result of the high precision and cadence of surveys like MOST, CoRoT, and Kepler, we may now directly observe the very low - level light variations arising from stellar granulation in cool sStars through Light Flicker Abstract: As a result of the high precision and cadence of surveys like MOST, CoRoT, and Kepler, we may now directly observe the very low - level light variations arising from stellar granulation in cool starsstars.
Carrie Brownstein: The «Portlandia» star stayed true to her style in a casually effortless Philosophy black frock worn with Jerome C. Rousseau Flicker toe - cap pumps and Jennifer Meyer jewels.
Find the latest Niall Horan News on album Flicker including song Too Much To Ask, plus more on the One Direction star's net worth and girlfriend updates.
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Flickering Myth's Tai Freligh caught up with Wonder Woman star Connie Nielsen this past week to discuss her role in her new film The Confessions, and also managed to slip in a few questions about her work in the DC Extended Universe, during which Connie shared a funny story about her first meeting with the -LSB-...]
The Week in Movies discusses the last seven days in cinema, including Avengers: Infinity War's name change, young Han Solo being cast in the Star Wars spin - off movie, Universal's Classic Monster MovieVerse continues to grow, and much, much more... The Week in Movies is an excerpt from the weekly Flickering Myth Super Newsletter.
Flickering Myth has heard a rumor that Jaden Smith (star of «After Earth,» son of Will, prolific Twitter - er) may be up for the lead role in Warner Bros. upcoming live - action digital series from the studio's Blue Ribbon Content division.
This Friday sees the arrival of The Man Who Invented Christmas starring Dan Stevens as A Christmas Carol author Charles Dickens, and ahead of its release Flickering Myth's Thomas Harris caught up with Stevens to discuss his role as the legendary author, his preparation from the film, Dickens» beard, and his upcoming collaboration with The -LSB-...]
Flickering Myth's Scott Davis sat down with Sean Anders to talk about Daddy's Home, out now on Blu - Ray and DVD... Note: This interview was conducted before the sequel to Daddy's Home was announced... SD: Congratulations on the success of the film — you went up against Star Wars and put up a very good fight.
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Director Brad Peyton and star Dwayne Johnson's latest collaboration Rampage smashes its way into UK cinemas today, and ahead of its release, Flickering Myth's Thomas Harris caught up with the filmmaker to discuss his adaptation of the classic arcade game, employing motion capture technology, and whether he's interested in a sequel.
The Flickering Myth Podcast has re-branded — welcome to the «first» episode of The Flickering Myth Review... Scott J. Davis and Rohan Morbey are back (and re-branded) to talk about the week's big releases, with Todd Haynes» new romantic drama Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, put under the microscope.
Ahead of its release this coming week, Flickering Myth's Jack Gracie got a chance to speak with Roar Uthaug and Graham King, director and producer of the latest big screen adaptation of the classic video game series Tomb Raider, starring Alicia Vikander as the iconic adventurer Lara Croft.
The Week in Movies discusses the last seven days in cinema — including when we might first see Spider - Man in Captain America: Civil War, the first trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Quentin Tarantino's next project and much, much more... The Week in Movies is an excerpt from the weekly Flickering Myth Super Newsletter.
Coinciding with its premiere at SXSW this week, Flickering Myth's Rafael Motamayor got the opportunity to sit down with writer - director Leigh Whannell (Saw, Insidious) and stars Betty Gabriel (Get Out) and Logan Marshall - Green (Damnation) to discuss their new film, the Blumhouse - produced sci - fi thriller Upgrade.
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Flickering Myth's own Tom Jolliffe presents the short drama Out starring Shone Romulus (Top Boy) and Joerg Stadler (Saving Private Ryan, Hannibal Rising).
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The Flickering Myth Podcast take head to the border of Mexico and highlands of Scotland in the latest episode... Scott J. Davis and Rohan Morbey are back to sit down and discuss two of the biggest movies out right now: Denis Villeneuve's action - thriller Sicario, starring Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin, before -LSB-...]
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The Week in Movies discusses the last seven days in cinema — including the reactions to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Quentin Tarantino accusing Disney of extortion, Spider - Man potentially crawling into another Marvel movie and much, much more... The Week in Movies is an excerpt from the weekly Flickering Myth Super Newsletter.
Flickering Myth caught up with Dave Franco... Dave Franco joins an all - star cast — including Vince Vaughn and Tom Wilkinson - for director Ken Scott's outrageous comedy Unfinished Business.
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