B-MOVIES: SHARK WEEK IS HERE AGAIN! A “CLASSIC” COLUMN REDONE
This week Steve brings back—in honour of Shark Week—a column from six years ago about the SYFY movie Sharknado. Does it hold up? Maybe we’ll all have to watch it to find out!
space: Landing on the Moon is HARD!
Why is landing on the Moon so hard? We can start by mentioning that the Moon is NOT made of soft cheese…
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Proven to Work Even in Three-star Systems
Einstein. Even when he thought he was wrong, he was right.
Here’s What Alien Life on Saturn’s Moon May Look Like
Attack of the Methane Eaters!
Pluto Might Have Formed as a Giant Comet, Not a Planet
Can we please just stop second-guessing Pluto and just accept it for what it is?
Moon dust would give astronauts ‘lunar hay fever’
Rather have Lunar Hay Fever than Nostromo Intestinal ‘Flu’
NASA Scientists Imagine Studying Venus From A Floating Research Colony
If you can’t land, hover….
What Are Ghost Particles? These Mysterious Space Fragments Could Be The Key To Understanding Our Universe
“…physics at its most mind-boggling and extreme…”
Cassini’s Grand Finale
Bye Bye Cassini! You did GREAT! Thanks for not contaminating Enceladus!
Is This How Dinosaurs Felt?
Worried that an asteroid will hit the Earth? As Andrew Weston reports, NASA has some good news and some bad news on the subject of a near earth object called Bennu.
Book Review: Shades of Earth by Beth Revis
Shades of Earth, the final book in the Across the Universe series is a mixed bag.
Book Review: A Million Suns by Beth Revis
A review of the audiobook of the second novel in the Across the Universe series.
Book Review: Across the Universe by Beth Revis
In a YA market saturated by dystopias and supernatural romance, one novel dares to be something different.
Asni’s Art Blog: Space Rabbit
I’ve been a bit stuck for a topic, so I punched “space rabbit” into DeviantArt’s search field. This is the result: Enjoy!
Amazingly Enough: Lost And Found – Russian Space Dogs
Space Dogs of the USSR
Film Review: Space Station 76
A 1970’s sci-fi dramedy? Oh yes….
Asni’s Art Blog: Supernova
The artists who have chosen “Supernova” as their topic, distinctly verge toward the trippy.
TV Review: Extant
I’m a little late to the Extant table, but now True Blood has ended (sad face) I have more time on my hands to try out a new show. I wasn’t sure what to expect from Extant as the overview doesn’t give much away, but with Halle Berrie on lead and produced by Steven Speilberg I had high […]
Star Wars and Space Problems
Do you remember a very famous quote from Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker Guide of the Galaxy about dimensions in space? “Space is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts […]
IT’S COMING! A Review of SHARKNADO! and a hint….
Steve takes on SyFy and Sharknado–with a glimpse of Sharknado 2!
Steam Summer Sale 2014
Gaming heaven…or gaming hell? Sean survives Steam’s Summer Sale – and prepares for winter.
A Glimpse into Space
Dianne Lynne Gardner interviews her family rocket scientist, Moses Milazzo, about his job and the influences of science fiction.
AMAZING News 4-13-14
Amazing News: Unfairly Biased Towards Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, Unbalanced towards the same and totally and completely unafraid of admitting it!
MOVIE REVIEW: Europa Report
A review of the shaky-cam SF space adventure Europa Report
Library ‘Space’: The Final Frontier
Libraries, like Star Trek, continue to boldly go where no one has gone before. James Weber examines the changing role of libraries as we move into the future.
The NASA Brand Around the World
NASA put men on the moon. No one else has even come close. NASA needs to be supported.
IAAA Gallery: Steven Hobbs – Visual Explorer
Steven Hobbs encourages us to look to the skies.
ABSOLUTE ZERO: Cool Websites, Very Cool
World Space Week
Starship Century
Today we are offering multiple and multi-lingual reviews of the James and Gregory Benford anthology – STARSHIP CENTURY. The Benfords put together an anthology that represents the proceedings of the Starship Century Symposium, a gathering of scientists and science fiction authors, organized for the purpose of examining the challenges and opportunities of humanity’s future in […]
AMAZING News August 25, 2013
Conventions, Readings, Scientific Advances, Awards, Trouble Makers and Just Plain Fun Stuff