Dazzling

Growing up in the 90s as a young child who was really into film, I was told two things about Lawrence of Arabia by my elders, usually in tandem. First, that it was A Truly Great Film, indisputably so, even among the Greatest Ever Made. And second, that despite its urgent and inarguable Greatness, I wasn’t to rush to see it – not until I had an opportunity to do so in a cinema. It wasn’t even worth watching on a television screen, they said, for that would cut its brilliance in half, or worse: like having your first glass…

When I first went hands-on with Forspoken earlier this year, I didn’t get a sense of its world. I don’t mean its open-world — I saw plenty of that as I zipped around its rolling hills like Sonic the Hedgehog. Rather, I didn’t learn much about Athia beyond its gorgeous landscapes. All I got to see was a promising playground that gave me plenty of excuses to sling spells at wandering monsters. It was dazzling, but what was I doing here? My missing context was filled in with a more recent and much longer demo. While…

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Despite literally eating stars and being called black holes, black holes create some of the most brilliant light in the universe. Now, a new paper published in Nature Astronomy could finally shed some light on exactly how black holes create their light. Black holes are some of the most intriguing stellar objects we have ever discovered in the universe. While we have captured images of black holes in the past, these stellar entities are still a massive mystery for astronomers. As such, researchers continue to…

Image: Illustrations and cover design ©Marie-Alice Harel for The Folio Society’s edition of Michael Ende’s The Neverending Story.Most people are familiar with The Neverending Story thanks to the 1984 fantasy film and its relentlessly catchy theme song. But before it was a movie, it was a book—and the Folio Society has just released a stunning new version of Michael Ende’s tale. io9 has a look inside, including some exclusive images, to share today.This release was translated by Ralph Manheim and features illustrations by…

Space is infinitely bigger than you could possibly imagine. And, while the way that the universe expands is still a mystery to scientists, we continue to observe what we can of the universe to learn more about it. Now, scientists are hopeful that observations of a nearby dwarf galaxy could provide more insight into how galaxies form and evolve over time. The galaxy in question is known as Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte (WLM), and it can be found just 3 million light-years away from Earth. While that might seem far,…

The Fortnite Championship Series (FNCS) kicks off this weekend, and for the lucky pair who walk away as champions in the heated duos tournament, a magnificent trophy awaits them. The first-ever FNCS championship trophy has been revealed by Epic and its jeweler partner, Swarovski, and it's quite a sight to behold. Just like Epic takes Fortnite's dancing bananas and loot pools very seriously, so too does Swarovski give its jewelry the white glove treatment--despite the fact that the behind-the-scenes video…

An astronaut on the International Space Station captured mysterious blue spheres in the sky last year. NASA’s Earth Observatory shared the photo last year, as well, shortly after it was taken. The photo was taken as the ISS passed over Southeast Asia. The orbs, which appear extraterrestrial in nature, aren’t nearly as mysterious as you might think, though. The Earth Observatory keeps an eye on our planet as the International Space Station makes its rounds, looking for anything that can help scientists learn and…

One of the more poetic aspects of the universe is that frighteningly powerful and raging forces can sculpt objects of graceful symmetry and beauty. And, as an added bonus, such forces may also lend a hand in our own existence. WR 140 is a binary star system, meaning two stars orbiting one another, some 5,400 light-years from Earth. Both stars are absolute beasts, blasting out fierce amounts of light, but across that astronomical distance their brilliance is diminished to naked-eye invisibility. However, the James Webb…

ASHALIM, Israel — You shouldn’t look at it directly, but that’s easier said than done. Drive through the crags and craters of the Negev Desert, and it’s difficult to miss: a piercing light, mounted on an austere gray tower, more than 800 feet high. It’s visible even from space. This is the great solar tower of Ashalim, one of the tallest structures in Israel and, until recently, the tallest solar power plant in the world. “It’s like a sun,” said Eli Baliti, a shopkeeper in the nearest village. “A second sun.” To backers,…