Artist’s impression of Gliese 710, a sun-like star that will travel through our Solar System’s Oort Cloud in about 1.3 million years. (Image: ESO) For years, scientists have known that Gliese 710 will come excruciatingly close to our Solar System…
The artist, not the video game. Well, actually, both. Kind of. Read more… Source: io9
Now that Passengers is out, there’s been a lot of talk of how the trailers and commercials hid what the film is about. It’s not just a film about two extremely attractive people stuck together on a spaceship—it’s about something…
Season two of HBO’s The Leftovers ended almost exactly a year ago by bringing karaoke king Kevin Garvey (Justin Theroux) back to life—and making it seem like Jarden, Texas was going to be his permanent home, sweet, home. But the…
We and others have lots to say about the new movie Passengers, and with good reason. It’s an incredibly weird movie, especially considering what you might expect from the trailers. But from a purely science fiction design standpoint, it’s undeniably…
Image: NASA Pandora is one of Saturn’s many baby moons, far too runty to form a sphere under its own gravity. Instead, this 52-mile across space rock looks more like a fossilized glob of silly putty in closest image ever…
Playing before Moana was the short Inner Workings, the Leo Matsuda-directed story about how every part of us has a different desire and goal. Mainly, the conflict is between the impulsive, pleasure-seeking heart, and the brain, which thinks everything will…
I had a million different thoughts in my head after I saw Rogue One, but one kept creeping its way back into my head: Rogue One felt like a live-action adaptation of a Dark Horse Star Wars comic, especially with…
Director Denis Villeneuve is one step closer to getting his dream. He’s in early talks to direct Dune. Read more… Source: io9
A few weeks ago, Marvel’s ongoing Spider-Man event The Clone Conspiracy revealed the identity of the person behind Peter Parker’s latest headache—and it was definitely crazy. But now we have got a taste of just how this familiar face made…