Author: Daniel Tom

On Oct. 9, the full Hunter’s Moon rose once again, reaching peak illumination at approximately 4:54 p.m. ET (8:54 p.m. UTC). As with all full moons, the moon appeared bright and full during the night before and the night after the peak, offering skywatchers three chances to bask in the autumn moonlight. The best time…

Sir Roger Penrose thinks that our universe has undergone numerous Big Bangs, with more to come. Sir Roger Penrose, a mathematician and physicist from the University of Oxford who recently shared this year’s Nobel Prize in physics, says that our universe has undergone numerous Big Bangs, with another one on the way. Updated version of…

The James Webb Space Telescope’s infrared vision cuts through the Pillars’ dense dust to reveal myriad stars forming within. The Hubble Space Telescope’s view of the Pillars of Creation (left) in the Eagle Nebula reveals details about the plentiful dust in and around the iconic object. Meanwhile, the James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared image of…

Full Beaver Moon promises amazing show       In the early morning hours of November 8, 2022, North America will witness the last total lunar eclipse of the year. This amazing sky show will play out with Eastern, Atlantic and Newfoundland time zones seeing most of the event until moonset. The rest of North…

    A sixth-generation fighter is a conceptualized class of jet fighter aircraft design more advanced than the fifth-generation jet fighters that are currently in service and development. Several countries have announced the development of a sixth-generation aircraft program, including the United States, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, France and China. The first sixth-generation fighters…

“A badass airplane with a big gun on it.” That’s how Republican Congresswoman Martha McSally described the A-10 Warthog to President Donald Trump, as she told the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Tuesday. McSally, the first female fighter pilot and a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, told the crowd at the CSIS event…

  Since ancient times, people have studied the Moon with the gaze of a researcher, hoping to see something unusual, unearthly. What awaited a man on the moon in the early 60s of the last century was contained in the so-called Brookings Report.   In this work, in fact, the discovery of evidence of an…

Blood seeping from the dead sea beast had turned the water near the coastline a bright red, which didn’t stop locals from wading in for a closer look and snapping pictures. A giant sea creature, possibly with tusks, washed up on a beach in Indonesia last week, freaking out people on the island of Seram…

Welcome back to the Daily Aviation for a feature on the C-17 Globemaster airlifter that was built with the ability to perform short takeoff and landing on unprepared airfields. Footage Credit: U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy .   Derivative Work by The Daily Aviation Thumbnail Credit: U.S. Air Force, Derivative Work…

For light aircraft, it is often used during full-power takeoff. Large transport category (aircraft) aircraft may use a reduced power for takeoff where less than full power is applied to extend engine life, reduce maintenance costs, and reduce noise emissions. In some emergency situations, the power used can then be increased to improve the aircraft’s…