One of the best entries in the ranks of “Star Trek” feature films was director Jonathan Frakes’ “Star Trek: First Contact.” Actress Alice Krige’s irresistible performance as the seductive Borg Queen was a standout turn in a blockbuster movie with many admirable attributes and a memorable cast. The 1996 feature recently celebrated its 25th anniversary this past November was the second Hollywood “Star Trek” flick starring “The Next Generation” crew and raked in $146 million in total global box office receipts. Anyone who recalls Krige’s erotic scene with Brett Spiner’s…
Read MoreMonth: January 2022
The James Webb Telescope Lights Up the Sky During Launch
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, launched aboard Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021.
Read MoreNASA delays tightening James Webb Space Telescope sunshield to study power system
NASA personnel are spending the day studying the power subsystem of the massive James Webb Space Telescope to ensure the observatory is ready to execute a key procedure: tensioning its vast sunshield. The Webb space telescope, which launched on Dec. 25, is conducting a month-long deployment procedure necessary to prepare the telescope to gather data. But most steps in that procedure are controlled from the ground: While NASA has a tentative schedule for the work, mission leaders can decide to adjust the timeline along the way. So after taking Saturday…
Read MoreTitan Comics’ new ‘Cowboy Bebop’ miniseries sends Spike and the gang after a lucky vest
For one jazzy, jacked-up season, Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the classic ’90s Japanese anime “Cowboy Bebop” hit the small screen in November starring John Cho (Spike Spiegel), Daniella Pineda (Faye Valentine), Mustafa Shakir (Jet Black), Elena Satine (Julia), and Alex Hassell (Vicious). The much-hyped TV series chronicled the misadventures of three ultra-cool bounty hunters bouncing around the cosmos in the year 2171 aboard their iconic Bebop spaceship. Unfortunately on Dec. 9, the streaming giant decided to pull the plug on a potential second season for its platform due to production…
Read More‘Star Trek: Klingons’ will reveal the legend of Kahless in new IDW comic
Since their introduction in “Star Trek: The Original Series” in 1967 during the first season’s “Errand of Mercy” episode, the barbaric warmongering alien species known as the Klingons have been one of sci-fi’s greatest foes of the Federation. Created by screenwriter Gene L. Coon, legend has it that the purple-blooded antagonists were named after Lieutenant Wilbur Clingan, an officer who served alongside “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry in the Los Angeles Police Department. Now after hundreds of appearances in “Star Trek” TV shows, animated series, commercials, books, comics and Hollywood…
Read MoreJames Webb Space Telescope team takes break before tightening up vital sunshield
To celebrate the new year, consider taking a day to rest. That’s what the team managing the complicated process of deploying the James Webb Space Telescope are doing, taking Saturday (Jan. 1) off. Work will resume on Sunday (Jan. 2), according to an agency update. The pause comes after a long day on Friday (Dec. 31), which the team spent deploying the two mid-booms that support the width of the observatory’s kite-shaped sunshield. Live updates: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope missionRelated: How the James Webb Space Telescope works in pictures “Work…
Read MoreJanuary: Evening Planet Adieu
There’s no better way to start the new year than listening to our monthly Sky Tour astronomy podcast. It’s an informative and entertaining 12-minute guided tour of the nighttime sky. The post January: Evening Planet Adieu appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Read MoreThe best night sky events to see in 2022
Another year of skywatching is upon us, and there’s a lot to look forward to in 2022! Here are some of the more noteworthy sky events that will take place this upcoming year. Space.com’s Night Sky column will provide more extensive coverage of most of these events as they draw closer. Mid-February to mid-March: The Venus show (Image credit: SkySafari app) The most brilliant of all the planets will grace the predawn morning sky, shining low in the southeast sky a couple of hours before sunrise. Venus will attain its…
Read MoreAstronauts ring in New Year aboard space station to welcome 2022
The astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station are marking the New Year, becoming only the 37th crew in history to be in space as Earth begins another revolution around the Sun. Expedition 66 crew members Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, Kayla Barron and Mark Vande Hei of NASA, Matthias Maurer of the European Space Agency (ESA) and Anton Shkaplerov and Pytor Dubrov of Roscosmos marked New Year’s Day as the space station circled the planet. Just before the New Year, the crew celebrated together with a traditional Saarland dinner…
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