Why you can trust Live Science Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best ones for you. Find out more about how we test. Most amateur astronomers, and even people with only a casual interest in stargazing, have heard of smart telescopes or “smartscopes” — small-aperture robotic telescopes that take images of sky objects with little human intervention. Smartscope users view the astrophotos they capture on smart devices, phones or tablets; there is no eyepiece for visual observing.SpecificationsAperture: 50 mmFocal length: 250 mmFocal ratio: f/5Sensor: 2.1-megapixel Sony IMX462 CMOS sensor (color)Resolution:…
Abrupt population drops over 3,000 years ago in the waning years of China’s Shang dynasty were likely the result of a deadly increase in typhoons and related weather events, according to a new study that combined ancient texts, archaeological evidence and paleoclimate modeling.These coastal typhoons likely caused disastrous climate events,…
After getting engaged, the only words journalist Mrinali Dhembla expected to hear were “I do.” Instead, she was told, “You have cancer.” “When I first heard the words, ‘You have cancer,’ I was obviously very shaken because when you’re in your 20s, you just think that a little disturbance in…
TORONTO — If you saw Jose Alvarado’s perfectly placed right hook on the cheek of Suns center Mark Williams, you wouldn’t be surprised by his background. Alvarado’s first passion, as a Brooklyn-bred Boricua, was boxing. He learned it from his father, also named Jose Alvarado, who was steering toward a…
Sterling K. Brown had a surprisingly NSFW reaction to his wife, Ryan Michelle Bathé, finally meeting Heated Rivalry‘s Connor Storrie. “This happened and I just want everyone to know that I didn’t fall. I didn’t collapse. I gushed,” Bathé, 49, said in an Instagram video posted on Wednesday, March 4.…
Chicago P.D.’s Jay Halstead and Hailey Upton returned to the Windy City during the high-stakes One Chicago crossover — but did they leave a couple? Jesse Lee Soffer, who plays Halstead, and Tracy Spiridakos, who portrays Upton, exclusively told Us Weekly all about their “unfinished business” and the TV reunion…
WASHINGTON — Rep. Jim Jordan grilled Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday for allegedly lying about why his administration resumed funding to the $250 million Feeding Our Future scam. Jordan (R-Ohio) argued that Walz allowed the fraud to continue because he was afraid of upsetting Somali-American voters and decided instead to…
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ryan Pulock was a full go at Wednesday morning’s skate, only for Patrick Roy to announce shortly afterward that Pulock would not play against the Ducks later that evening. While there is optimism that Pulock’s injury, officially designated as upper body, will be very much short-term —…
Stefon Diggs has broken his silence on his impending release from the New England Patriots. “THANK YOU for a hell of a year,” Diggs, 32, wrote via his Instagram Story on Wednesday, March 4. “We family forever @patriots … Until we meet again.” Earlier on Wednesday, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem didn’t deny an affair with top aide Corey Lewandowski when she was asked under oath during dramatic testimony before Congress. The shocking exchange about her sex life came on Wednesday as Noem sat for questions before the House Judiciary Committee. Her husband, Bryon, joined her in…
A taste of October in March. Some international flavor baked into the national pastime, coming on the heels of an entertaining Olympics. Welcome to the 2026 World Baseball Classic. For the sixth edition of the tournament, 20 nations have been split into four pools of five teams attempting to qualify…
Todd Meadows’ mom says the Deadliest Catch star was put on medical leave just one month before his death at age 25. Angela Meadows told TMZ on Wednesday, March 4, that her son was hit in the head about one month ago while onboard his ship. Following his injury, Todd…
President Trump teased on Wednesday that he will soon be making an endorsement in the bruising Texas GOP Senate primary runoff, declaring that the unlucky pol who doesn’t get his backing should drop out. Follow The Post’s live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the latest news and…
Colts wide receiver Alec Pierce is headed to free agency, a “right” the 25-year-old told Kay Adams he’s “earned.” The Colts couldn’t come to an agreement with Pierce on a new long-term deal before Tuesday afternoon and opted to place the transition tag on Daniel Jones, leaving Pierce headed to…
Billy Idol revealed that he traded one vice for another during the height of his addiction struggles in the 1980s. The hitmaker, 70, said that smoking crack helped him quit heroin during a Monday, March 2, appearance on Club Random with Bill Maher. Idol admitted that it was “so terrible”…
A Minneapolis man will spend nearly five years behind bars for attempting to bribe a juror during a federal trial related to Minnesota’s infamous $250 million welfare fraud scandal. Abdulkarim Farah, 25, was sentenced by District Court Judge Eric Tostrud Wednesday to 57 months in prison followed by one year…
Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice described the Trump administration’s Operation Epic Fury as an attempt to “neuter” Iran’s military power inside and beyond its borders, including its apparent ties to Hezbollah. Joining “Special Report” Wednesday, Rice praised U.S.-Israeli joint strikes against Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali…
The alleged mistress of disgraced University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore has left her position in the Wolverines’ athletic department — less than four months after the scandal thrust her into the national spotlight, according to a report. Paige Shiver contract with the school had expired, and she is…
A Wisconsin man is in police custody after brutally bludgeoning his mother to death with a baseball bat, Us Weekly has learned. Hayward Jenkins has been charged with one count of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of his mother, Cheryl Jenkins, who was 66. Investigators confirm that it was…
Gavin Newsom has turned on Israel as he launched a blistering attack on Benjamin Netanyahu and what he called an “apartheid” state. The California governor made the comparison during a book event for his memoir, “Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery,” on Tuesday night. He said: “The…
PORT ST. LUCIE — Christian Scott was the organization’s top pitching prospect when he made his MLB debut for the Mets in May 2024. Less than three months later, he underwent Tommy John surgery. And A.J. Minter was supposed to be a key piece of the Mets bullpen last season…
Season 2 of Matlock was off to a strong start before an investigation into David Del Rio‘s alleged sexual assault of costar Leah Lewis led to an offscreen firing. CBS introduced a gender-swapped — and very plot different — version of the original Matlock series with Kathy Bates at the…
In a shocking announcement, lawmaker Steve Daines (R-Mont.) revealed Wednesday that he will not seek reelection to a third term in the US Senate. “Serving the people of Montana in the US House and US Senate the past 13 years has been the greatest honor of my professional career, and…
TAMPA — Rubén Tejada is taking one last ride. The 36-year-old former Mets shortstop — whose six-season run in Queens ended a decade ago, months after Chase Utley’s infamous takeout slide broke his leg — will soon make his third appearance with Panama at the World Baseball Classic. When his…
Bad Bunny’s halftime performance at Super Bowl LX set a viewership record, despite an outcry from some over his selection. “.@sanbenito Sets Global Viewership Record for Most-Watched Super Bowl Halftime Show Performance of All-Time #AppleMusicHalftime,” Roc Nation wrote via X on Monday, March 2, in a post shared by the…
The Pentagon on Tuesday identified four of the six US service members killed by an Iranian drone strike during Operation Epic Fury. Capt. Cody Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Fla.; Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Neb.; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minn.;…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is scrambling to head off a backlash over the tech giant’s deal with the Pentagon — defending it in front of workers at a tense all-hands meeting on Tuesday after protesters outside its San Francisco headquarters urged employees to quit, The Post has learned. The AI…
Astronomers may have found evidence that some of the mysterious “little red dots” discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are not black holes, as previously proposed, but rather gigantic stars from the beginning of the universe.The team made the discovery by developing a simplified model of supermassive ancient…
Downside to dropping pounds? The new pill form of popular GLP-1 drugs contains a compound that could cause troubling side effects. Historically, semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, has been administered via weekly injections into the fatty tissue just under the skin of the stomach, thigh or upper…
At this point of the year, with the Lakers at the three-fourths mark of the regular season, all that’s needed is a sign. A sign that as the team has gotten healthier, they have something they can point to that indicates growth in chemistry or continuity – especially among their…
Los Angeles Chargers offensive lineman Ben Cleveland has agreed to pay his estranged wife, Kaitlyn Terrell Cleveland, more than half a million dollars to settle their divorce, according to documents obtained by the California Post. According to the agreement, filed in late January, Ben, 27, has agreed to give Kaitlyn…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the US was preparing to “unleash Chang” on Iran — making an obscure reference to a mythical conservative warrior whose sword Jeb Bush gifted him 20 years ago. “We’re going to unleash Chang on these people,” Rubio told reporters before briefing senators…
Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has warned that the growing private credit market could lead to a financial crisis similar to the one in 2008, potentially affecting retail investors and the broader economy. In an interview on Bloomberg’s “Big Take” podcast, the renowned moneyman said the $1.8 trillion private…
Talk about prenatal gains. A new study out of Japan shows that women who prioritize one common activity during pregnancy might be giving their babies a developmental advantage. After assessing nearly 40,000 mothers and children, the researchers found that babies raised by moms who were physically active before and during…
Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. One team has separated from the pack in the Maxx Crosby sweepstakes. With the Raiders’ star pass rusher expected to be dealt this offseason,…
The rise and fall of Andy Cohen and Carole Radziwill’s friendship may just be fit for reality TV. Before becoming one of the faces of Bravo, the Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen host appeared to have a friendly relationship with Radziwill that extended into her initial seasons on…
Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem was ripped by even GOP senators Tuesday over her agency shelling out $220 million in taxpayer funds for TV ads — starring her. Noem, 54, appeared on Capitol Hill for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing involving oversight of her department, and the whopping cost of…
Physicists may have a brand-new way to measure the expansion rate of the universe — one of the biggest outstanding mysteries in cosmology — using space-time ripples predicted by Einstein.A new study suggests that the faint gravitational wave background produced by numerous merging black holes across the universe can be…
A paw-sible path to a longer life? About 43% of US households — especially those run by millennials — own a pooch. Research has long suggested that there are numerous physical and mental benefits to having a furry friend around. A canine pal could even mean living longer, thanks to…
The Colts have reached a franchise tag decision on Daniel Jones. The Indianapolis franchise is using the transition tag on the 28-year-old quarterback, according to multiple reports, after failing to strike a long-term deal with the ex-Giant, who is currently recovering from an Achilles injury. The salary for a quarterback…
Steven Tyler‘s daughter Mia Tyler is coming to Kelly Osbourne‘s defense over body-shaming. Mia, 47, took to Instagram on Monday, March 2, to address criticism of Osbourne’s appearance after she attended the 2026 BRIT Awards. “Public grief is not public property. Grief can change a person,” Mia wrote, which Kelly,…
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick will testify before the House Oversight Committee about his association with the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Follow The Post’s live coverage of President Trump and national politics for the latest news and analysis “I look forward to appearing before the committee,” Lutnick first told Axios.…
A gold coin minted more than 1,000 years ago as an imitation of a more famous coin may be a relic of the “Great Heathen Army” that invaded England in 865 — an invasion that led to the Viking kingdom there known as the Danelaw.According to the Portable Antiquities Scheme,…
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