Sentences with phrase «of sky for»

The original game was a fun, last - man - standing experience that mixed a traditional ball game with lots of crazy events, such as the arena breaking down into a platform floating on the sea with huge whales jumping out of the water and crushing unsuspecting players while trumpets fall out of the sky for the winning player to annoy the rest.

Travelers can look forward to excellent water sports like paddle boarding, canoeing and kayaking, as well as great views of the sky for stargazing at night.

These misty hues resemble the colors of the sky for an ethereal effect.

«TESS will search 85 percent of our sky for exoplanets orbiting bright stars and our nearest stellar neighbors,» Martin Still, NASA headquarters program scientist for TESS, told Newsweek.

The cameras will focus on that section of the sky for at least 27 days, before pivoting to the next of 13 observation sectors in each hemisphere for a total of 26 sectors.

During Kepler's primary mission, it stared unblinkingly at the same patch of sky for four years (from 2009 - 2013), studying the brightness of more than 150,000 stars in the constellations of Cygnus and Lyra.

When NASA's Hubble Space Telescope was pointed at one tiny speck of sky for 10 days, the resulting image provided the most detailed view of the early universe ever obtained.

So Jewitt and Luu carried out two parallel surveys: they used the Palomar Observatory's Schmidt telescope equipped with conventional glass photographic plates to scan large areas of the sky for the very faintest objects, while also watching a narrow field of view in the plane of the planets for rare but slightly brighter objects using MIT's 1.3 - metre telescope fitted with a CCD.

This means it can't stare at the same patch of sky for years on end, and so it probably won't be finding Earth - size planets with Earth - like orbits.

TESS will typically observe each region of sky for 30 days.

They will stare at a particular region of the sky for between 27 and 351 days each, before moving on to another area.

With its four powerful cameras, it will watch a segment of the sky for 27 days, monitoring stars within that swath for short dips in brightness that might indicate the presence of a planet.

You remember, you know, decades ago they took the first deep field image, where Hubble focuses its camera on a blank piece of sky for many, many hours and then reveals all of these hidden galaxies that are farther away than almost anything we've ever seen before.

Deep - field surveys are intended to look at faint galaxies; they point at small areas of the sky for a longer period of time, meaning the total volume of space being sampled is relatively small.

Kepler's mission was to stare at the same patch of sky for years on end so as to identify planets with long orbits and small size, down to Earth - sized or smaller.

Staring at a small patch of sky for more than 50 hours with the ultra-sensitive Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA), astronomers have for the first time identified discrete sources that account for nearly all the radio waves coming from distant galaxies.

The telescope stared at one patch of sky for nearly three years.

America and Russia have had the technical ability to knock satellites out of the sky for decades using interceptors like the Chinese device; at the other end of the technology scale, some security experts worry that a rogue nation could use a relatively low - tech ballistic missile to launch gravel into the path of a satellite.

We train our telescopes on small patches of sky for long spells, trying to drink in as much faint light from distant objects as possible.

However, K2 would also mean that Kepler can only observe the same patch of sky for two or three months at a time.

Under K2, Kepler won't stare at the same patch of sky for as long, so it will be restricted to hunting for planets that orbit their stars much more closely than Earth does the sun.

Another lead comes from the Chandra Deep Field South, an image created by a space - based x-ray telescope that observed the same patch of sky for a cumulative 81 days.

Instruments like the 8.4 - meter Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, slated to begin operation in 2014, will use massive computer power to carry out continuous scans of sky for near - Earth objects, leaving ever fewer patches for amateurs to focus on.

NASA supports the Spaceguard survey to the tune of $ 4.1 million per year, but that sum of money is not enough to cover the cost of continually monitoring all areas of the sky for near - Earth objects.

With the discovery of a further «nebula», his third object (globular cluster M3) and his first original discovery, it seems that he undertook a serious scan of the skies for these objects, as they could frequently fool comet discoverers.

There is no doubt that technology is affecting the visibility of skies for astronomers across the planet.

[2] He is a wise, whale - like Sky Spirit who has served as the protector of the skies for ages and lives in the Thunderhead.

Not exact matches

Daly is currently running her latest campaign to help fund the documentary «To the Edge of the Sky,» about four families trying to access life - saving drugs for their kids.

Of course, like any large city, the sky is the limit but many say that the cost is about half that of New York City for a similar lifestylOf course, like any large city, the sky is the limit but many say that the cost is about half that of New York City for a similar lifestylof New York City for a similar lifestyle.

Airbus said its order intake for its helicopter unit fell 5 percent last year from 2016, while demand for passenger jets is surging as record numbers of travelers take to the sky.

It's a pie - in - the sky vision for a small company, but even a fraction of that would be a revolution in an industry that has been reliant on petroleum - based chemicals for half a century.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings sat down with Business Insider Poland's Adam Turek in Rome this week to discuss a few recent developments for the company, including its new partnership with the European cable network Sky and its decision to pull out of the Cannes Film Festival.

Miami is famous for its lively beaches and sunny skies, but it is also home to some of the fastest - growing businesses in America.

While the EU pay - TV probe has been simmering for years, the U.K. review of the Sky deal could be resolved within weeks as regulators prepare to turn in their final report of government ministers by May 1.

Murdoch's U.S. TV business Twenty - First Century Fox, which own 39 % of Sky, notified the European Commission of its 11.7 billion pound ($ 14.3 billion) bid earlier this month, opening a window for Britain to intervene.

Air travel has long been an established way of life for millions around the world, but innovation continues to push the boundaries of what is possible in the skies.

Architects across the world are looking to the sky for solutions to the problems presented by a lack of space in cities.

If the funder is selling directly to merchants, given today's sky - high marketing costs, acquisition can take a bigger chunk out of the 40 percent — more like 12 to 15 points (the industry average cost of acquisition for a $ 30,000 advance is $ 2,600).

For many, the Skype deal is seen — along with exuberance for the LinkedIn IPO and sky - high private valuations of companies such as Facebook — as a sign of a fast - inflating technology bubble: What else could explain such a lofty price tag for a company that lost $ 7 million in 2010 and $ 418 million the year befoFor many, the Skype deal is seen — along with exuberance for the LinkedIn IPO and sky - high private valuations of companies such as Facebook — as a sign of a fast - inflating technology bubble: What else could explain such a lofty price tag for a company that lost $ 7 million in 2010 and $ 418 million the year befofor the LinkedIn IPO and sky - high private valuations of companies such as Facebook — as a sign of a fast - inflating technology bubble: What else could explain such a lofty price tag for a company that lost $ 7 million in 2010 and $ 418 million the year befofor a company that lost $ 7 million in 2010 and $ 418 million the year before?

Asked if he expects a recession, Hammond told Sky News: «I shall today have a series of economic meetings... That's an assessment I will want to make for myself over the coming hours.»

Produced by a small team of engineers tasked with blue - skying about future aerospace designs, the documents featured concept designs for an array of odd - looking planes.

21st Century Fox is currently trying to gain regulatory approval in the UK for a merger with Sky, both of which are owned by billionaire Rupert Murdoch.

At the end of the X-Prize award ceremony in St. Louis, when the giant check had been put aside and the celebrants huddled on the stage to pose for photographers, he suddenly looked up and started searching the skies.

Tom Rogers, Target Media CEO and former NBC cable president, and Scott Galloway, NYU Stern School of Business, discusses Comcast's rival bid for British broadcaster Sky and what it means in the future of the media landscape.

A critical lack of affordable housing and sky - high rent prices have made the San Francisco Bay Area unlivable for many artists, artisans, longtime residents, and even tech entrepreneurs.

Startup studio Atomic Sky has named the nine businesses selected for the first edition of the new Fusion Founder startup program, which will be operating in the Tech Hub co-working space in Northbridge.

For example, the «Eye of Horus» belongs to Horus, the sky god, often depicted as a falcon.

According to this theory, the family didn't want even the slightest hint of impropriety to affect the Sky bid — especially when there is enough attention already on the Murdochs» history with News of the World and the hacking of private telephone accounts, an affair that caused them to drop an earlier bid for the company in 2011.

The most recent round of funding for fuboTV included Sky UK, a telecommunications company with 11 million United Kingdom customers as of 2015; Scripps Networks Interactive, the parent company of HGTV, Food Network, and Travel Channel; 21st Century Fox, whose stable of entertainment properties includes the Big Ten Network, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports Regional Networks, and the YES Network; and Northzone Ventures, a London - based venture capital firm that mainly invests in early stage software and technology companies.

Secretary of State for Culture Karen Bradley, who is responsible for media issues, said Tuesday she had written to media watchdog Ofcom for more information on its views on Fox's bid for London - listed Sky Plc, the biggest pay - tv operator in the U.K.