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Vortex Around A Black Hole Spins at 70% the Speed of Light – Neatorama
Wow. Too bad spaceships can't slingshot off of that vortex
Space junk: We could have a recycling station in space by 2050
But don't we have enough problems right here on Earth? :)
This Video Explains Albert Einstein’s Biggest Blunder
Einstein's Cosmological Constant...and here I thought his biggest mistake was not combing his hair
How Do You Kill a Jellyfish Galaxy? With a Supermassive Black Hole | Digital...
But...but what about the space amoebas?
Read Best Fan Writer Foz Meadow’s Post for Amazing Stories
One of our guest authors has won this year's Best Fan Writer Hugo Award
AMAZING NEWS: 8-18-19: PRE-HUGO AWARDS EDITION
Hugo Awards, Russian Nukes, gravity suits, mimeographs, should AI's own intellectual property?, and more
AMAZING NEWS FROM FANDOM: 8-18-19
Carl Slaughter passes, some fans meetup up in Ireland; Filers meetup in Ireland; Harvey and Teen awards and Dublin, Dublin, Dublin!
TIME MACHINE
Reviews, both contemporary and ancient; Retro Hugos, Wizards, but no big-brained aliens this week. More.
It’s Hugo Time
A few thoughts on Worldcons, particularly on not being there, plus a T-shirt design for Hugo Award afficianados
NEW TV SHOWS: THE BOYS and PENNYWORTH
This week Steve examines two new genre TV shows on different networks. Superheroes seem to be playing a bigger role in TV than ever before. Are these new shows worth watching?
WINNERS: 1944 RETROSPECTIVE HUGO AWARDS
These are the winners of the 1944 Retrospective Hugo Awards
Helical Crystal: A New Material With Surprising Potentials, Like Superconductivity – Neatorama
These aren't "healing" crystals....
Hubble Finds ‘Electric Soccer Balls’ in Space
This will be having astronomers yelling "GOAL!" instead of "Eureka!"
Astronomers Want to Use Bacteria to Mine Space Rocks
First tardigrades, now this. Seems like we're intent on infecting the galaxy.
Vuntor: Una historia para contar
Adhara Stanley", a young Bolivian writer, takes us in her novel VUNTOR through dream worlds and realities that combine in a whirlpool of magical images.
New Releases in Science Fiction Romance Feature Favorite Tropes
SF Romance - kidnappings, cyborgs of the week, a "fantasy island" offering a "Galaxy Quest like" adventure for NASA geeks (omg, what's NOT to love?) and more in this bi-weekly roundup
Anime roundup 8/15/2019: The Man Behind the Curtain
In this week's viewing: Granbelm points to the real villain, The Ones Within casts aspersions on the GM, and more!
RETRO HUGO AWARDS CEREMONY – WINNERS ANNOUNCED
According to the Hugo Awards website, live text coverage of the Retrospective Hugo Awards will being in apprroximately two hours from now - or apprimately 3:00 PM EDT.
Visit The Hugo Awards for more details.
We'll...
Carbon and Its Alternatives: A Look Into Different Possible Lifeforms
Could life be anything other than carbon-based?
Noticias Literatura 14-8
TerBi celebrates its 25th anniversary; the second iteration of Ansible, the feminist festival, has been scheduled and the Lovecraft Circle publishes its tenth edition.
Novedades de Julio en Hispanoamérica
New releases and reissues; new issues of Aeternum, miNatura, Penumbria; interviews and presentations by several Amazing Stories authors, and more.
The Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole Just Did Something Wild
The Puppeteers have been trying to keep this a secret, like, forever!
Difference between Asteroids and Meteorites
Asteroid, meteor, plantesimal, meteorite - why do space rocks have so many different names?
NASA seeks to break the “tyranny of launch” with in-space manufacturing
Does this herald the beginning of von Neuman machines?
Amazing Histories, June 1928: Beyond the Visibile
Gernsback experiences myth becoming reality; H.G. Wells, David H Keller, Baron Munchhhausen's adventures and more round out this 1928 issue of the magazine
Satellite Spots “First Nearby Super-Earth” That Could Harbor Life
Astronomers expect to be able to tease out signs of life (if any) when new telescopes come on line soon. It's only 31 light years away!
NASA Reveals Glimpse of New SpaceX Astronaut Suits
Spacex now has their own spaceXsuits. (Will everything in space have an 'X' associated with it in our future?)