Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds! (Image credit: Marvel Comics) Where do you eat when you’re a pillager of planets named Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds? Anywhere you please! Galactus is an ultra-heavyweight Marvel Comics supervillain who will be properly introduced for the first time in live-action in all his planet-munching glory as the prime antagonist…
NASA’s SPHEREx probe shortly after deploying from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on March 11, 2025. (Image credit: NASA) A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched two NASA science probes on March 11, 2025 in a spectacular nighttime liftoff from California after multiple delays. Shortly after launch, the rocket deployed both probes, leading to this breathtaking…
Published Mar 12th, 2025 3:40PM EDT A perfect 100% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes is a rare feat, signaling that critics unanimously agree a show is delivering top-tier storytelling, performances, and execution. Already this year, several new and returning TV series have achieved this elusive distinction, proving to be must-watch television. In this post, I’m…
Published Mar 12th, 2025 2:47PM EDT Image: Christian de Looper for BGR Apple isn’t holding a spring event this year, but that doesn’t mean the company is resting on its laurels. Last week, the Cupertino company introduced four new products, all of which are now available in stores. These are the first new Apple products…
Updated Mar 12th, 2025 2:41PM EDT The most popular Netflix title dominating the platform this week is Running Point — a sports comedy in the vein of Ted Lasso starring Kate Hudson as Isla Gordon, a reformed party girl who unexpectedly becomes president of her family’s pro basketball team, the Los Angeles Waves. As Hudson’s…
For a century, astronomers have been studying Barnard’s star in the hope of finding planets around it. First discovered by E.E. Barnard at Yerkes Observatory in 1916, it is the nearest single star system to Earth. Now, astronomers using the MAROON-X instrument on the Gemini North telescope, one half of NSF’s International Gemini Observatory, have…
A small mixodectid mammal called Mixodectes pungens had skeletal features adapted to living in trees, largely dined on leaves, and weighed about 1.3 kg, according to an analysis a remarkably complete skeleton discovered in New Mexico. Mixodectes pungens (foreground) inhabited the same forests as early primates like Torrejonia wilsoni (background). Image credit: Andrey Atuchin. Mixodectes…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have explored the lowest mass limit of brown dwarfs within the Flame Nebula, a hotbed of star formation in the constellation of Orion. This collage of images from the Flame Nebula shows a near-infrared light view from Hubble on the left, while the two insets at the…
The megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon, is an iconic shark represented primarily by its gigantic teeth in the Neogene fossil record, but the lack of well-preserved skeletons has hampered the understanding of various aspects of its biology. In new research, paleontologists reassessed some of its biological properties using a new approach, based on known vertebral specimens…
Mduduzi Shabalala missed a sitter as Kaizer Chiefs were held to a goalless draw against Cape Town City on Wednesday evening. Coming into the match, Amakhosi were looking for three points to jump into sixth in the Betway Premiership. Given Msimango got a rare start in defence replacing injured Rushwin Dortley. Edmilson Dove, who recently…
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