Goodnight, Sweet Prince The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has revealed some of the saddest parts of our predominantly dark universe. As the agency explains in a press release, its dark matter-hunting deep space telescope has found seven new “rogue” planets that exist without stars to orbit or keep them warm. Along with its […]
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Rare fish that lives in complete darkness washes ashore on Oregon beach
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A rare deep-sea fish that lives in complete darkness washed ashore in Oregon for what’s believed to be the first-time ever, according to the Seaside Aquarium. Beachcombers found the angler fish, also called a Pacific football fish, just south of Cannon Beach, the aquarium announced on Saturday, May 18. A once-common […]
Digital Night Vision Goggles Binoculars For Hunting Total Darkness Surveillance
FHD Night Vision Goggles Head Mounted Binoculars For Total Darkness Surveillance
Solar eclipse 2024: A darkness descends
Thousands of people have gathered to catch a glimpse of the total eclipse of the Sun as it moves along a narrow corridor across North America. The first images of areas being plunged into darkness came from Mexico. Follow as eclipse sweeps across N America Children paused their beach play to watch in awe in […]
Maine set to welcome the darkness of first total solar eclipse since 1963
Apr. 7—The moon is expected to be a black disc in the Monday afternoon sky as it moves in front of the sun in Maine’s first total solar eclipse in more than 60 years. Many of the state’s communities are now national, if not global, destinations for the astronomical event that experts say will enter […]
UAH hosts 3rd Annual Out of the Darkness Campus Walk
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The University of Alabama in Huntsville’s (UAH) Out of the Darkness campus walk is about bringing people together who’ve been affected by suicide. Hundreds took part in the university’s 3rd annual walk part of an initiative to raise awareness, encourage discussions, and build a community to support people impacted by suicide. […]
During the 2024 eclipse, biologists like us want to find out how birds will respond to darkness in the middle of the day
The total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, coincides with an exciting time for wild birds. Local birds are singing for mates and fighting for territories as they gear up for their once-a-year chance to breed. Tens of millions of migrating birds will be passing through the path of totality, and they mostly migrate at […]
Dieterich welcomes total darkness with multi-day celebration
Mar. 25—Area communities are taking advantage of a once-in-a-lifetime experience when the moon blots out the sun and brings total darkness by hosting multi-day celebrations. Authorities, meanwhile, are preparing for the possible traffic influx the path of totality might bring. Dieterich will kick off the festivities with a two-day event that begins Sunday, April 7, […]
Hose kink in smoky darkness disoriented firefighter in ship blaze that killed 2 colleagues
UNION, N.J. (AP) — A kink in a fire hose stretched out in the smoky darkness of a cargo ship fire disoriented a New Jersey fire captain as he tried to follow the hose back to safety, separating him from two other firefighters who later died amid the blaze, the captain testified Tuesday. Newark Fire […]
Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of the darkness; we’re still waiting for the dawn
“The darkness is so deep that we hardly see which way to turn.” The quote is from a 1962 sermon titled “A Knock at Midnight” by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. King was painfully aware that racial segregation was justified in a dark place inside humans, yet his sermon was not just on racism. […]
‘In the end, darkness will lose’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed his compatriots on Sunday with a Christmas message of encouragement in the face of Russia’s ongoing invasion. “In the end, darkness will lose. Evil will be defeated,” Zelensky said in the video message published on Sunday. He added that the whole country would pray together during the holidays “for our […]