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16 of the Most Inspiring Cityscapes in Science Fiction

Science fiction has long existed to warn us about the dangers that await us, but sometimes it’s also there to remind us of how good things could be—and how beautiful they can look. We’ve put together a list of some of the most beautiful and inspiring cityscapes in modern science fiction. These are the ones…

io9 Beth Elderkin

In The Midnight Sky‘s First Trailer, the End of All Things Is Beautiful

Netflix’s upcoming The Midnight Sky, an adaptation of Lily Brooks-Dalton’s novel Good Morning, Midnight, tells the story of a scientist who realizes that he’s the only person capable of saving a group of astronauts from returning to their calamity-stricken planet. But considering George Clooney’s very snowy beard, you’d be forgiven for mistakenly thinking the movie…

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore

What Are You Thinking About as You Fall to Earth?

While there aren’t enough particles in the vacuum of space to create a proper medium through which sound can travel, that doesn’t mean that you couldn’t scream into the endless void as you fell through it, tugged by the gravitational pull of the nearest planet. You’re a person, you’re falling, and you’re screaming because that’s…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

NASA Announces Delay of SpaceX Crew-1 Launch to ISS, Citing Issues With Falcon 9 Rocket

NASA announced that it was delaying the launch of its SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station until early to mid-November because of issues with the spaceflight company’s Falcon 9 rocket. The launch was originally scheduled for Oct. 31 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In a statement posted Saturday, the agency said…

Space & Spaceflight Jody Serrano

Nickelodeon’s Astronauts Takes Us Inside the Kids’ Stolen Spaceship

None of us are heading into space anytime soon (except maybe Tom Cruise), so it looks like space is coming to us. io9 has an exclusive first look inside the set of Nickelodeon’s The Astronauts, a sci-fi series about kids who find themselves on the unexpected journey of a lifetime. In this video tour, director…

io9 Beth Elderkin

15 Years Later, Zathura: A Space Adventure Is a Movie Lost in Time

My wife had never heard of Zathura. This is not a normal thing. With the 15th anniversary of the film approaching, and it now streaming on Netflix, I figured it was time for a rewatch. I told my wife, Jayne, “We have to rewatch Zathura soon.” She said, “What’s that?” I replied,“Oh, it’s this awesome…

Movies Germain Lussier

She’s Voting From Space, So Y’all Have No Excuse

For this November’s presidential election, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins plans to cast her ballot from the International Space Station, 200 miles above Earth, effectively obliterating every excuse in the book for why us earthbound voters can’t make it out to the polls. “If we can do it from space, then I believe folks can do…

Space & Spaceflight Alyse Stanley

Hell Is in Space and It Belongs to Russia, Roscosmos Chief Says

This week, a team of researchers announced they have discovered traces of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus—a gas produced almost exclusively on Earth by anaerobic microorganisms, but the presence of which on Venus scientists currently don’t understand. Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia’s state-run aeronautics corporation Roscosmos, responded to this discovery by asserting two…

Space & Spaceflight Tom McKay

So, Apparently, F9 Is Actually Going to Outer Freakin’ Space

Space. The final frontier. Not just in Star Trek but for the Fast and Furious franchise. The joke that space was the the only place left for the high octane action franchise to go has been floating around for years. The filmmakers even played along for awhile. But a few months ago, it seems like…

Movies Germain Lussier

NASA Is Soliciting Bids to Bring Capitalism to the Moon

Mankind’s quest to really fuck up the Moon is taking another step. NASA has filed a “request for quotations” for any company willing to scrape the lunar surface for the first off-world sale of space resources, in a sort of baby step towards Moon Capitalism. The project isn’t complicated: NASA is offering $15,000 to $25,000…

Space & Spaceflight Tom McKay

China Launched and Landed a Secret Reusable Spacecraft While You Weren’t Looking

In recent days, China has quietly launched a secret reusable spacecraft, left it in orbit for two days and safely landed it back on Earth. And although the spacecraft is top secret—we’re not even privy to its design—there are some things that China apparently wants the world to know about it. According to Xinhua, China’s…

Tech News Jody Serrano

The Expanse‘s World Is Getting Bigger in a New Comic From Boom Studios

Ahead of The Expanse’s fifth season making its debut on Amazon Prime, Boom Studios is further fleshing out the universe of space colonists in a new series from writer Corinna Bechko and artist Alejandro Aragon. Set between the events of The Expanse’s fourth and fifth seasons, Bechko and Aragon’s series follows outgoing UN Secretary-General Chrisjen…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Sputnik‘s Space Invader Strikes in This Gruesome Clip From the Russian Sci-Fi Horror Film

Russian import Sputnik hit theaters, digital platforms, and VOD on Friday, and if you haven’t had a chance to watch it yet, here’s a tip for fans of tense, gruesome, creature-tastic sci-fi horror: it’s excellent. Need more convincing? We’ve got an exclusive clip from one of Sputnik’s, ah, juicier scenes below. First, a little context.…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Hilary Swank Is on a Mission to Mars in the Emotional First Trailer for Netflix’s Away

She’s boldly going where no one has gone before, but doing so means leaving the people she loves the most. We’ve got the first trailer for Netflix’s Away, a new series that sees Hilary Swank joining the first manned mission to Mars—a three-year journey that will test the limits of its crew, as well as…

Trailers Beth Elderkin

Success!

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico shortly before 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, marking the successful completion of both the first astronaut trip to orbit by a private company and NASA’s first water landing in 45 years. You can check out a clip of the historic moment in a…

Space & Spaceflight Alyse Stanley

FCC Approves Amazon’s Bid to Launch a Constellation of More Than 3,200 Internet Satellites

The Federal Communications Commission gave Amazon the go-ahead Thursday for its ambitious Project Kuiper, which would put 3,236 broadband satellites into orbit to beam internet coverage down to Earth. With this regulatory milestone secured, Amazon’s posed to join SpaceX in the race to be the first multi-billionaire-dollar tech giant to gobble up the Space Internet…

Commerce Alyse Stanley

For All Mankind’s Season 2 Teaser Blasts Off Into a New Space Race

The Cold War is really heating up in the second season of For All Mankind. In Saturday’s virtual San Diego Comic-Con panel, showrunner Ronald D. Moore was joined by fellow cast and crew members of the alternate history Apple TV+ show and provided a sneak peek at what the future holds. While the first season…

io9 Germain Lussier & Beth Elderkin

Space Force Unveils New Logo, Promises to Be ‘Always Above’

Now that we’re all totally ready to slip the surly bonds of Earth and aliens are real, it’s time for the United States Space Force to have a really badass logo to go with its mission. The new logo, unveiled this week, replaces the Star Trek-style logo that first hit the scene back in January.…

Space & Spaceflight John Biggs

China Launches Country’s First Independent Mission to Mars, Complete With Rover

China successfully launched its first independent mission to Mars, dubbed Tianwen-1, from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan Province on Thursday. China’s “Long March-5” rocket is carrying an orbiter, lander, and even an uncrewed rover that will explore the surface of Mars in 2021, provided everything goes according to plan. China first attempted a…

Space & Spaceflight Matt Novak

Take a Brief Vacation From Reality With These 6 Short Sci-Fi and Horror Films

Dreaming of other planets, other realities, or other timelines? So far, 2020 has us wishing we could be literally anywhere else. Here’s a temporary escape hatch: these awesome new short films, all of which share glimpses of a future where so much more has gone wrong. At least we aren’t there… yet? 1) Triangulation We’ve…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

16 of the Most Inspiring Cityscapes in Science Fiction

In The Midnight Sky‘s First Trailer, the End of All Things Is Beautiful

What Are You Thinking About as You Fall to Earth?

NASA Announces Delay of SpaceX Crew-1 Launch to ISS, Citing Issues With Falcon 9 Rocket

Nickelodeon’s Astronauts Takes Us Inside the Kids’ Stolen Spaceship

15 Years Later, Zathura: A Space Adventure Is a Movie Lost in Time

She’s Voting From Space, So Y’all Have No Excuse

Hell Is in Space and It Belongs to Russia, Roscosmos Chief Says

So, Apparently, F9 Is Actually Going to Outer Freakin’ Space

NASA Is Soliciting Bids to Bring Capitalism to the Moon

China Launched and Landed a Secret Reusable Spacecraft While You Weren’t Looking

The Expanse‘s World Is Getting Bigger in a New Comic From Boom Studios

Sputnik‘s Space Invader Strikes in This Gruesome Clip From the Russian Sci-Fi Horror Film

Hilary Swank Is on a Mission to Mars in the Emotional First Trailer for Netflix’s Away

Success!

FCC Approves Amazon’s Bid to Launch a Constellation of More Than 3,200 Internet Satellites

For All Mankind’s Season 2 Teaser Blasts Off Into a New Space Race

Space Force Unveils New Logo, Promises to Be ‘Always Above’

China Launches Country’s First Independent Mission to Mars, Complete With Rover

Take a Brief Vacation From Reality With These 6 Short Sci-Fi and Horror Films

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Countdown to the Moon 🔴

Dyson V8 Cordless Vacuum Holds Its Lowest Price Even After Amazon’s Spring Sale Ends, Likely a Clearance Move

Lego Is Bringing Bionicle Back, But Not in the Way You’d Want

Richard Branson Is Still Trying to Make Space Tourism Happen, Selling Tickets at $750,000

Beats Powerbeats Fit Drops Below Black Friday Pricing Across All Colorways as Amazon Continues to Cut Prices on the Earbuds

Google Pixel 9a Hits a Record Low on Clearance, With Trade-In Making It Nearly Half the Price of Pixel Buds Pro 2

James Cameron Could Remake ‘Fantastic Voyage’ Before He Works on ‘Avatar 4’

Forget Amazon Fire TV Soundbar, Samsung B-Series Soundbar With Built-In Subwoofer Still Under $100 for Post-Spring Sale

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