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It might be the end of the road for two of NASA’s most iconic telescopes as the space agency looks to reduce the funding for the Hubble Space Telescope and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, much to the dismay of scientists who rely heavily on the cosmic observations of the missions.The Fujifilm X100VI is the Most Fun I’ve Had With a Camera in YearsShortly after the fate of its 2024 budget was sealed, NASA released its budget proposal for 2025, requesting $1.58 billion for its astrophysics division. Despite the 3% increase…

The Coyote vs. Acme drama continues, but unfortunately, it’s not the update animation and movie fans in general were looking for. When the news broke in November of 2023 that Warner Bros was thinking about scrapping the hybrid animated movie like it did with Batgirl, in exchange for a tax break, several creatives behind the film spoke out in protest. Fans were also quick to get behind the allegedly-canceled movie by launching an impressive social media campaign aimed at either getting the movie released or leaked, while…

The Supreme Court is considering the fate of two state laws that limit how social media companies can moderate the content on their platforms. In oral arguments on Monday, the justices grappled with a thorny set of questions that could reshape the internet, from social networks like Facebook and TikTok to apps like Yelp and Etsy. In October, the Supreme Court decided to hear the two parallel cases, one in Florida (Moody v. NetChoice, LLC) and one in Texas (NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton). In both instances, signed into law…

If you’re a fan of animation, especially someone who loves and respects the Looney Tunes legacy, you’ve been following the story of how Coyote vs. Acme might be shelved for good over at Warner Bros. Discovery. The latest round of whispers seemed to suggest that the company’s recent Q4 2023 earnings call would give the world an update on whether we’d see this film on the 2024 movie schedule, or if the deletion of director Dave Green’s completed film will stick this time. Well that call has come and gone, and neither…

It’s been two months since Marvel dropped Jonathan Majors, although it already feels like much longer. You could say that the writing was on the walls long before the Marvel star was found guilty of misdemeanor assault, that Majors was a marked man, that his days were numbered. At least that’s how it felt, people were talking about his departure for months before it was all finally confirmed, so the question is, was Marvel already making plans to reduce Jonathan Majors’ involvement in the MCU and if so, why? How much…

She played one of the greatest action movie heroes of all time, but will Linda Hamilton ever return to play Sarah Connor in the Terminator universe? The actress gave an update on the iconic character in a recent interview, and Terminator super-fans might not be happy with what they hear. Hamilton debuted the role in 1984's The Terminator, first appearing as a damsel in sci-fi distress as Arnold Schwarzenegger's cyborg assassin time-traveled from the future to kill Sarah and prevent her future son—who will lead the…

Just like the bad guy out of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, real life cartoon villain David Zaslav has revealed his nefarious plot: based on a damning investigative report from the Wrap, it seems the Warner Bros. head honcho planned to delete Coyote vs. Acme all along. Apparently, he never even watched the movie.Who Wants DC’s Canceled Batgirl Movie? | New York Comic Con 2022Initially, there was hope that Coyote vs. Acme might have found alternate distribution. But as the investigation revealed, “Throughout the process, Warner…

In the distant future—about six billion or seven billion years hence—the sun will start to die, swelling up into a bloated red giant. In a span of several hundred million years it will blow away its outer layers, lose about half its mass and leave behind its überhot, überdense, super small core: a white dwarf.The inner planets will be toast when this happens. Mercury, Venus and most likely even our precious Earth will be literally consumed by the sun and vaporized as their once benevolent host star literally overruns and…

Contains spoilers for "Fantastic Four" #17 by Ryan North, Carlos Gomez, Jesus Aburtov, and VC's Joe Caramagna In the latest "Fantastic Four" comic, Marvel's First Family is going on an archaeological dig. However, what Susan Storm finds will lead to significant questions about her potential fate. Within 2022's "Fantastic Four" series, the titular superteam's stories have leaned heavily into its science fiction elements. Each arc feels like an episode of the "Twilight Zone" that's set in the Marvel…

A Japanese spacecraft has soft-landed on the moon, making Japan only the fifth nation in history to achieve the feat.Called Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, the car-sized robotic lander successfully touched down near the Shioli Crater at the moon’s equator at 10:20 A.M. EST on January 19 (12:20 A.M. local time on January 20 in Japan). The mission was developed and launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).“We have been able to confirm it has arrived on the lunar surface,” said Hiroshi…