Whenever someone brings up Lana and Lilly Wachowski’s body of work, The Matrix is always at the center of the conversation. Maybe Speed Racer and Cloud Atlas get some mentions…
Category: Astronomy
Leaving Pluto in the dust: New Horizons probe gearing up for epic crossing of ‘termination shock’
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft conducted the first and only flyby of the Pluto system, culminating at the closest approach of that distant world in July 2015. Sailing onward, the probe…
‘Captain America: Brave New World’ introduces adamantium into the MCU, but did it come from space in the comics?
The fourth Captain America movie, Captain America: Brave New World, is finally out and has been met with middling critical reviews. Despite that, fans are already dissecting every new character…
‘Star Trek: Section 31’ got us thinking… Should you have to do your homework before you watch a movie?
Let’s start with a small thought experiment. It’s Saturday night and you spot a new “Star Trek” movie on your Paramount+ homepage. You’re not a hardcore fan but you enjoyed…
‘City-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the moon instead of us, scientists say
An asteroid that’s big enough to wipe out a city has a 1-in-43 chance of hitting our planet in the year 2032. But according to new calculations, there’s an even…
The best sci-fi TV shows of the 1950s
Early television in the 1950s was a freewheeling frontier of both live and taped offerings mostly dominated by comedies, game shows, kids programs, and westerns like “I Love Lucy,” “The…
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin laying off 1,000 employees: reports
Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company, Blue Origin, is laying off about 1,000 workers, according to media reports. Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp announced the cuts in an internal email to employees,…
Sony’s latest State of Play highlights three incredible sci-fi games coming to PlayStation 5
We’re now halfway through the first trimester of 2025, which means that video game companies everywhere are rushing to show off some of the biggest releases arriving in the near…
Tiny plasma jets on the sun drive the elusive solar wind, Europe’s Solar Orbiter reveals
Solar scientists have found tiny, short-lived jets of energy on our sun to be the primary drivers of the solar wind, marking a step toward decoding our star’s elusive behavior…
NASA picks SpaceX to launch Pandora exoplanet mission
A small NASA exoplanet probe now has a ride to Earth orbit. The agency announced on Monday afternoon (Feb. 10) that it has picked SpaceX to launch Pandora, a 716-pound…
