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Greek fire. Damascus steel. These are two technological innovations whose secrets are said to be lost to time. Even the original schematics for the Apollo missions have disappeared into the mists of history, forever hidden inside hopelessly obsolete computers. How do we lose technologies that were once so important? Some say that they aren't really lost, and are working on rediscovering them. More »
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Courtesy of DC Comics, here's an exclusive first look at next week's issue of Stormwatch. More »
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Check out this fun timeline documenting all of NASA's Apollo missions, from 1966 to 1972. As part of the viral marketing for the new space-horror movie Apollo 18, they've put together an awesome resource, and here's your first look. More »
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Yuri Gagarin's historic flight was just one of many Soviet victories in the Space Race, but the United States still won the big victory when they landed on the Moon. But what if the Russians had gotten there first? More »
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So, you want to take a short trip into space? Seems easy enough – hop in your rocket, aim it at space and lift off, right? If you want to survive, it will take a little more planning than that. Luckily, we're here to help. More »
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Forty years ago today, Apollo 14 completed the third successful lunar landing in human history. As the lunar module Antares took off, astronaut Edgar Mitchell snapped a bunch of photographs that have now created this amazing image of their landing site. But this is just a part of the entire mosaic, which reveals their landing site against the stark lunar landscape and the blackness of space...not to mention the golf ball and javelin the astronauts left behind. Check out the full image - and a couple more awesome Apollo 14 images - below. More »
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The Weinstein Company is funding Apollo 18, the Timur Bekmambetov-produced thriller about a never-was Apollo mission's encounter with extraterrestrials. More »
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Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard famously took a golf ball along with him to the Moon, making him the first person to play golf on another world. But just how far did his shot travel? One physicist has the answer. More »
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Superhero comics are full of knockoffs, parodies, and shameless copies of iconic characters. And nobody gets copied more often than Superman and the Fantastic Four. Which of them has the best copy-cat characters? We break it down for you. More »
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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has taken a series of images of the original Moon landing site, complete with astronaut footprints that are still visible in the regolith. I hope we'll get some higher-resolution images in days to come. Here's one image of the site, and you can check out more on Gizmodo. via Gizmodo More »
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At the Astrobiology Science Conference 2008 Nick Wolfe of the University of Arizona said yesterday that the best way to tell whether an exoplanet may harbor water — and life — is for us to launch a mission into space that will look back at Earth. Ever since Voyager I launched we've had a chance to gaze from afar at the homeworld, but for some reason we've passed up the chance. Wolfe said that's a critical oversight. As we search for new planets that might harbor life around far-off stars, it might be useful to know about what our own planet looks like from a distance. More »
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Phillip Torrone of the awesome DIY magazine MAKE: covered Toy Fair in New York City with a massive onslaught of photographs. While we told you about some of the items we wanted, Phillip went through his 500+ photos and tagged everything scifi related for us with "io9." What a guy. You can check out all of his scifi photos in the gallery below, and be sure to check out his blog at MAKE:'s website. More »
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The documentary In The Shadow Of The Moon comes out on DVD in a month, and is well worth picking up. Today we take moon landings for granted, but it's been 35 years since Gene Cernan was the last man on the moon (note for you trivia nuts), and we haven't come close to going back. In the intervening years, we've forgotten just what it took for our country to land people safely on the moon, and bring them back home. More »
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If you charted Doug Liman's directing career, you'd see a big spike in popularity when he jumped from indie films like Swingers and Go right into the Bourne trilogy. He's hoping to continue in the mainstream, high-concept Hollywood vein with his new film Jumper, opening in select theaters today. The movie follows young "jumper" David Rice (Hayden Christensen) as he uses his "jumping" powers to teleport all over the world. The flick took Liman on his own journey to exotic international locations, only this time without superspy Jason Bourne in tow. Read on to get his thoughts on Jumper, as well as details about his next film, about colonizing the moon. He also tells us why Superman's flying is destroying the environment. More »
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Visitors to Vancouver can now join a tour group that takes them across the city's Battlestar Galactica filming locations. You can bet that a trip up to the Great White North will be a lot cheaper than finding something with faster-than-light drives on it. More »
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The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation will be running a public service announcement featuring Jamie "Apollo" Bamber, using his real-life British accent, during this Saturday's Battlestar Galactica: Razor. Most likely it's a response to certain scenes in the movie. Is this the first time a PSA has hinted at spoilers? Check with your allies and friends. More »
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Katee "Starbuck" Sackhoff was in Burbank for a Battlestar Galactica convention over the weekend, and her tongue was loose enough to let slip a few rumors and spoilers during some Q&A sessions. Find out if Starbuck is a Cylon, and why we'll be seeing Colonel Tigh's wife again in Season Four. More »
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Battlestar Galactica's two-hour telepic Razor will hit the airwaves on November 24th. Have you been doing your homework? Here's a handy Razor guide so you can feel fully briefed and prepared as it unspools on your viewing device of choice. More »
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Battlestar Galactica's upcoming TV movie Razor assumes that you already know a lot of the backstory from previous seasons of the show. If you haven't been keeping up with Battlestar Galactica regularly, then you'll need to know a few important things going into Razor before it airs on November 24th. Here's a shorthand version to keep you on your toes and in the know. More »
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Is Starbuck a Cylon? More importantly, will she really handcuff Lee Adama to the bed while they, um, process their on-again, off-again relationship? The Starbuck/Apollo Shippers Anonymous group has Battlestar Galactica spoilers. More »
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