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On Episode 111 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Dr. John Mulchaey, Director of the Carnegie Observatories, about the threat to completing two new giant astronomical observatories. Welcome to the Big Glass Wars! That’s right, just when you thought you’d heard it all, turns out there’s hot competition among a few […]

Need more spice from the fascinating universe of Dune after watching Dune: Part Two once or twice (or more) in IMAX? Well, you’re in luck, as Warner Bros. Discovery and Legendary are bringing a Dune television series to stream later this year. Here’s everything we know so far about Dune: Prophecy. Following the success of […]

Sneaking in seemingly unnoticed into the streaming sphere until just now, avid fans of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” universe have immediately had their consciousnesses enlightened like a liberal dose of spice thanks to a new trailer for the upcoming Max Originals, “Dune: Prophecy.” This “Dune” prequel spinoff series arrives this coming fall and is inspired by […]

Fallout has been a massive success. While our expectations were high, Bethesda, Kilter Films, Amazon MGM Studios, and everyone else involved managed to massively exceed them. The show has been renewed for season 2 following record-breaking viewership numbers at Amazon Prime Video, and we’re going to the legendary New Vegas and the Mojave Desert next […]

Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Star Trek: Discovery” season 5, episode 8 After the apparent “death” of L’ak (Elias Toufexis) last week, the sense of urgency of this fifth and final season of “Star Trek: Discovery” has certainly been ramped up, but we’re still willing to wager that his resurrection via Progenitor tech will be the […]

One of the most underappreciated and longest-running franchises in Hollywood history is “Planet of the Apes,” that imaginative science fiction property which began with the Charlton Heston-led classic from 1968 directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.   Adapted from the 1963 French novel by Pierre Boulle, the plotline centered around astronauts crash landing on a planet […]

The age-old proverb of “Silence is Golden” takes on an entirely new level of meaning in the context of filmmaker John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place” universe, as those persistent sound-sensitive alien beings are back for a chilling prequel story that just might explain just where in the cosmos they’re from and why they originally dropped […]

On Episode 110 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Linda Spilker, Voyager project scientist, about the recent rescue of Voyager 1 from beyond the solar system. The Voyager probes have been transiting space since 1977, and they’re still at it 46 years later. But late in 2023, Voyager 1, now 15 […]

‘Doctor Who’: season 1: Key information • UK: Watch for FREE on BBC iPlayer from 12:00am (BST) on Saturday, May 11• Away from home: Use a VPN such as NordVPN to watch your usual service from anywhere• US and Canada: Watch on Disney Plus from 7.00pm (ET) / 4.00pm (PT) on Friday, May 10• Australia: Watch on Disney […]

Lack of movies aside (at least until 2026), Star Wars is in a pretty good place right now, contrary to what the noisiest part of the fandom wants us to believe.  The live-action side of things, confined to Disney Plus for now, has been expanding the canvas with stories that feel different from each other […]

Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Star Trek: Discovery” season 5, episode 7 Almost immediately, we’re treated to the return of Commander Nhan (Rachael Ancheril), who we last saw in the episode “Rubicon” S04, E09, just like we called a couple of weeks ago with episode 3, “Jinaal.” And you know, this new episode, entitled “Eirgah,” starts […]

Following the May the 4th celebrations, which included the release of the Tales of the Empire mini-series and Fortnite’s new batch of Star Wars content, we’re also getting a Lego Star Wars mini-series called Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy that brings the infamous “Darth Jar Jar” meme into the Star Wars canon… kind of. […]

One of the core pillars of  Star Wars is the Jedi and their mysterious connection to the Force, but we’ve only seen fragments of their illustrious order’s history on the big screen. Watching the Star Wars movies in chronological order, we see them at the height of their power, fall into near extinction, and rise […]

May the 4th be with you! Like its animated predecessor, “Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi,” that absorbing anthology which first debuted on Disney+ back in October of 2022, a new collection of short animation gems taken from the point-of-view of two characters seduced by dark Imperial influences marches onto the House of Mouse’s streaming […]

On Episode 109 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Chris Carberry, CEO of Explore Mars, about the long history of music influencing how we think about spaceflight. From the scores of early silent films to the modern classics we all know, like 2001: A Space Odyssey and the never-ending franchises of […]

Check your midichlorian counts, gas up your fastest podracers and prepare for the triumphant theatrical return of “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” beginning on May 3, 2024 in celebration of the polarizing prequel’s big 25th anniversary bash. Written and directed by mastermind George Lucas, “The Phantom Menace” arrived on the big screen on May 19, […]

The Sith Order has always been at the center of Star Wars’ mythos as much as the Jedi, but their on-screen presence has traditionally been limited to the point of view of the good guys. Now, with the new live-action series The Acolyte on Disney Plus, this is about to change. This is our as-brief-as-possible […]

It is certainly no mean feat to achieve a Rotten Tomatoes score above 90% from both the critics and the audience members. In fact, when it comes to the sci-fi genre in particular, there’s tough competition and even tougher opinions on the different approaches and themes that are dreamt up and tackled on the big […]

For “Star Wars” faithful who missed these two prime offerings on Disney+ when they first landed back in 2022, or those who need to explore further and revisit them, Lucasfilm and Disney are launching “Obi-Wan Kenobi: The Complete Season” and “Andor: The Complete First Season” onto 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on April 30, 2024. […]

Starting with his Superman reboot, James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy movies, The Suicide Squad) aims to reshape DC’s shared universe across movies and TV. Here’s everything we know so far. From Man of Steel to Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) has had its ups and downs. Its biggest issue […]

On Episode 108 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk about the long-awaited crew flight test of Boeing’s Starliner commercial spacecraft. We’ve been waiting… and waiting… and waiting for Boeing’s Starliner to fly. First selected in 2010, along with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, Starliner has been behind schedule for years. SpaceX got $2.6 billion […]

The usual disappointments aside, there are plenty of great sci-fi movies and shows, and our options have only gotten better recently due to film and TV studios scrambling to maintain modern audiences’ interest in traditional audiovisual media.  Everyone knows about the next Star Wars and Star Trek movies, for example, but what about slightly overlooked […]

Happy Alien Day 2024! “Alien Day” (April 26) has arrived, that annual occasion for all xenomorph acolytes to immerse themselves in the legends and lore of the storied “Alien” franchise that first hatched way back on May 25, 1979 to create one of the most frightening cinematic universes in Hollywood history.  Officially promoted by 20th […]

Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Star Trek: Discovery” season 5, episode 5 The chase across the galaxy for the Progenitors MacGuffin continues, offering chances to insert stand-alone, episode-length adventures along the way. And this week’s installment, entitled “Mirrors” features a brief and very random reminder that the Mirror Universe exists.  And that alone would’ve made an […]

Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Star Trek: Discovery” season 5, episode 5 The chase across the galaxy for the Progenitors MacGuffin continues, offering chances to insert stand-alone, episode-length adventures along the way. And this week’s installment, entitled “Mirrors” features a brief and very random reminder that the Mirror Universe exists.  And that alone would’ve made an […]

With “Atlas,” Netflix is clearly embracing bombastic summer spectacle in the vein of Amazon’s “The Tomorrow War.” That is, ‘original’ sci-fi flicks with hefty production budgets and killer casts to make up for the pastiche of well-trodden ideas. After 20th Century Studios’ stunningly-crafted “The Creator” bombed in theaters last year, maybe these should be released […]

First launched for a limited run back in October of last year, “Deep Sky” is a dazzling IMAX Original documentary showcasing the mesmerizing imagery taken by the astronomical platform’s intricate array of near-infrared and mid-infrared cameras during the James Webb Space Telescope’s first full year of operation.  That initial 2023 release was timed to honor […]

On Episode 107 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with journalist Leonard David about NASA’s troubled Mars sample return mission. The robotic program has its roots in the 1960s, when NASA started thinking about sending robots to fetch Mars soil even before Mariner 4’s first flyby of the planet. The Russians pondered […]

“Transformers One” aims to return the long-running ‘Robots in Disguise’ franchise to its animated roots, and it could be more than meets the eye. After “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” last year, the second chapter in the rebooted live-action Transformers continuity, Paramount and Hasbro are dropping an all-new Cybertronian adventure on us this summer. As […]