Sixth planet from the Sun, a gas giant famed for its rings
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey has opened to a record global weekend, earning over $264 million and prompting debates about its daring reimagining of Homer’s epic. The film was shot entirely on IMAX cameras across six countries, and its bleak, action-driven take on Odysseus emphasizes memory, cost, and consequence over triumph.
Scientists have captured the Sun’s surface at unprecedented resolution with the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope and other instruments and have identified widespread Kelvin–Helmholtz vortices—500–2,000km spirals of magnetised plasma. The team has linked these instabilities to how magnetic energy cascades to smaller scales and feeds flares and coronal mass ejections that produce space weather.
Archaeologists uncover a mastaba at Saqqara dating to Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty, built for Yunmen, a high-ranking official, and his father Ity. The site includes two chapels, painted reliefs, and a false door, with colors well-preserved after more than 4,000 years. The find supports ongoing efforts to boost Egypt’s tourism through new discoveries.