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Despite asteroids passing Earth closely almost every day, none so far have threatened our safety on Earth. But there isn't any guarantee against any space rock striking Earth. How big an asteroid would have to be to end all life? Well, NASA says that an asteroid with a diameter of around 96 kilometers (about half the distance from Washington, D.C. to New York City) can actually completely extinguish life on Earth, but smaller asteroids can still cause regional harm.Although not quite as big, NASA has revealed that a…

Paleontologists have discovered fossils from a gigantic marine predator that stalked the Jurassic seas. According to the team, the creature could have grown to twice the size of an orca, and likely fed on pretty much anything else unlucky enough to be in the ocean at that time.The researchers, from the University of Portsmouth, discovered a series of four large fossil vertebrae in a drawer at Abingdon County Hall Museum in Oxfordshire, England. They were able to classify these previously unidentified bones as belonging to…

NASA has dropped a new animation to give you a true sense of the amount of space dominated by a supermassive black hole.These are the behemoths of the Universe; the colossi that sit at the centers of galaxies; the gravitational hearts around which stars whirl in an orbiting dance measured in eons. They start at around 100,000 times the mass of the Sun, on the lower end of the scale, and can reach tens of billions of solar masses at maximum.These abstract numbers are all well and good, but it's hard to conceive just how…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAustin Butler has apparently lost his locks and fake Elvis tan for his new role in Dune 2, according to reports from CinemaCon.On Tuesday (25 April), a select audience at the Las Vegas film convention were shown an exclusive trailer of the forthcoming sci-fi sequel.Following the viewing, several people shared that the 31-year-old Oscar nominee appeared with a bald head and pale skin in…

After playing a stunning and unique young woman in The Last Of Us and Game Of Thrones, Bella Ramsey has found her next potentially memorable role as the star of the historical drama Monstrous Beauty. Also, Read- Snowfall’ Star Damson Idris Gets Lead Opposite Brad Pitt In Apple’s F1 Racing Film Ramsey, who found fame as the precocious Lady of Bear Island in GOT, returns to court, but this time as an aspiring playwright in the court of King Charles II, suffering from a rare condition that means she is completely hair…

Astronomers led by Durham University have discovered one of the largest black holes ever found, with a mass over 30 billion times that of the Sun, by utilizing gravitational lensing and supercomputer simulations on the DiRAC HPC facility. This groundbreaking technique, which simulates light traveling through the universe, allowed the researchers to accurately predict the light’s path as seen in real Hubble Space Telescope images. The discovery has been published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.A…

With 2005's Resident Evil 4, Capcom redefined gaming by popularising an over-the-shoulder perspective, which became a mainstay in third-person shooters for the years to follow. The shift from static camera angles to a free-flowing one was a risky gamble, heralding a big departure for the RE franchise, which could've easily ended in disaster. However, fans embraced those action-heavy changes and it paid off superbly, selling 12.3 million copies across its numerous versions. Fast forward to the present, and Capcom has…

Yesterday, March 10, it was revealed that NASA is tracking an asteroid named 2023 DW which has a 1-in-600 chance of striking the Earth. However, that threat is still quite a bit far as the close approach is expected to take place in 2046. However, the bigger and more immediate risk comes from another 590-foot wide asteroid called 2023 CM that is dashing towards our planet and will make its closest approach on March 14. This is particularly concerning because if the space rock were to strike the Earth, it could…

Image via Warner Bros. When all the controversy surrounding star Ezra Miller first went down, DC fans expected Warner Bros. to reshoot The Flash movie with a different lead. However, over time, it’s become clear why this would’ve been way too huge an undertaking. As evidenced by the recent trailer for this summer’s big superhero blockbuster, Miller features in a dual role in the film, as both the regular Barry Allen and his multiversal doppelganger. It’s long been a poorly kept secret that Barry #2 will end…

Although Batman has plenty of maniacs and monsters in his rogues' gallery, none are as grotesque or genuinely scary as Clayface. After once-prominent actor Basil Karlo sees that his most popular horror movie is being remade without him, he takes on the persona of the film's titular killer, Clayface, and goes on a bloody killing spree. In his original incarnation, Clayface is just a masked serial killer. But now, most modern depictions of the character see him as something much more monstrous. When Karlo…