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6 months ago

Movie Review: Scarlett Johansson lends star power to earthbound ‘Fly Me to the Moon’

“ Fly Me to the Moon ” is better than it looks. A film like this, with legitimate movie stars in Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, a slick, glossy look, an original concept, and a sparkling title, is not a commonly occurring phenomenon at the local cineplex. The director is television veteran Greg Berlanti, whose films include “Love, Simon” and …

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6 months ago

Crew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year

Associated Press

The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth. The four volunteer crew members spent more than 12 months inside NASA’s first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Center in Houston, coming out of the artificial alien enviroment Saturday around 5 p.m. Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell and …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Is your neighbour an alien ’disguised as humans’? This Harvard study will blow your mind

Live Mint

Aliens may now be more than just a set of conspiracy theories. The Harvard study said the author of the paper "became increasingly aware" of the depth of evidence and theory that tentatively supports another extraterrestrial explanation: "The 'crypto terrestrial' hypothesis – our focus here – which holds that UAP may reflect activities of NHIs concealed here on Earth and …

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1 year ago

Tom Cruise and Warner Bros Discovery team up for films deal

The Hindu

Warner Bros Discovery said on Tuesday it had struck a deal with Tom Cruise, one of Hollywood's most bankable actors, to develop and produce original and franchise theatrical films in 2024. The film partnership with Cruise marks a coup for Warner Bros Motion Picture Group's co-chairs, Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, and fulfills CEO David Zaslav's oft-stated desire to …

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1 year ago

Tom Cruise to star in original, franchise movies as he signs new deal with Warner Bros Discovery

Hindustan Times

Warner Bros Discovery said on Tuesday it had struck a deal with Tom Cruise, one of Hollywood's most bankable actors. Tom Cruise's deal with Warner Bros The film partnership with Tom Cruise marks a coup for Warner Bros Motion Picture Group's co-chairs, Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy, and fulfills CEO David Zaslav's oft-stated desire to work with top talent …

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1 year ago

Hale & Hearty: Scientists plan the perfect ‘space meal’ for long-term space tourists, astronauts

Firstpost

As space agencies prepare for extended missions to Mars, researchers from the US, the UK, Australia, and Spain have addressed the culinary challenge faced by astronauts on long space voyages. Published in the journal ACS Food Science & Technology under the title “Modeling of Space Crop-Based Dishes for Optimal Nutrient Delivery to Astronauts and Beyond on Earth,” the study presents …

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1 year, 1 month ago

What’s streaming now: ‘Oppenheimer,’ Adam Sandler as a lizard and celebs dancing to Taylor Swift

Associated Press

“Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham’s Christmas special and this week’s edition of “Dancing With the Stars” promising celebrities swaying to the music of Taylor Swift are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists is a collection of …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Aditya-L1 Launch: First Earth-bound firing to raise orbit today. Top updates

Live Mint

Aditya-L1 Mission: The first Earth-bound firing to raise the Aditya-L1 spacecraft's orbit is scheduled at around 11:45 am today, Sunday, September 3, said the Indian Space Research Organization in a post in X. Top 10 updates on India's Solar mission Aditya-L1 1) India's maiden solar mission--Aditya L1, on Saturday set off on a 125-day journey to the Sun in its …

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1 year, 5 months ago

How 1,500 languages disappeared from Census data in ten years

The Hindu

When the 1961 census of India was completed, data showed that 1,652 mother tongues were spoken in India. The three-part lecture by Mr. Devy, who is the recipient of the second Obaid Siddiqi Chair in the History and Culture of Science at the Archives at NCBS, looked at ‘India as a linguistic civilization.’ “Multilingualism and language diversity started receding from …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Chandrayaan-3: First orbit-raising manoeuvre successfully performed, says ISRO

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation successfully performed the first orbit-raising manoeuvre of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on Saturday, the space agency said. pic.twitter.com/4gCcRfmYb4 — ISRO July 15, 2023 ISRO, on July 14, successfully launched the third edition of its lunar exploration programme from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, aimed at making a soft landing on the unexplored …

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2 years, 4 months ago

John Boyega On Returning To 'Star Wars' One Day: 'I'm Good'

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Booked, busy and happily earthbound for the time being, John Boyega has no plans to return to a galaxy far, far away any time soon. But I feel like ‘ VII’ to ‘ IX’ was good for me.” The star is instead seeking “versatility” when it comes to his roles in films, which include the recently released …

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2 years, 6 months ago

‘Lightyear’ stays earthbound, ‘Jurassic World’ holds No. 1

Associated Press

“Lightyear” did not go to infinity in its first weekend in theaters: Pixar’s first major theatrical release since March 2020 blasted off with $51 million in its debut weekend in North America, according to studio estimates on Sunday. Including international showings, which grossed $34.6 million, “Lightyear’s” global opening weekend totals to $85.6 million. “The expectations are always incredibly high for …

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2 years, 6 months ago

‘Lightyear’ stays earthbound, ‘Jurassic World’ holds No. 1

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy “Lightyear” did not go to …

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2 years, 7 months ago

How science fiction is creating a strange new world of prestige TV

LA Times

With storylines rooted in the Cold War or climate change or any number of other deep-seated earthbound concerns, no fewer than four new series are boldly proclaiming an emerging era of prestige science fiction this season. “Science fiction has always flourished when things weren’t going too well, and right now, there’s just a ton of anxiety in the world,” says …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Apple TV+’s Invasion, Tomorrow War, Watchmen: Stop with the fantasy that aliens will fix racism.

Slate

Halfway through the third episode of Apple TV+’s new extraterrestrial epic, Invasion, a Syrian immigrant named Ahmed stands outside a rural New York gas station, arguing with an angry white guy who wants him to move his Tesla so he can charge his own. Wells’ 1897 classic War of the Worlds, in which a Martian attack on London obliterates social …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Mars Rover Perseverance Hours Away From Daredevil Landing Attempt On Red Planet

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING LOS ANGELES, Feb 17 - NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance, the most advanced robotic astrobiology lab ever flown to another world, neared the end of its seven-month, 293-million-mile journey on Wednesday, hours away from a daredevil landing attempt on the Red Planet. A full scale model of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is displayed at NASA's Jet Propulsion …

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55 years ago

WandaVision Is a Marvel Show for People Who Don’t Like Marvel

Slate

TV, the cliché goes, is an escape, a trapdoor to a sunnier reality—or at least a different one. This is the premise of WandaVision, in which the Marvel Cinematic Universe gets serious about the small screen and deposits two secondary Avengers, Wanda Maximoff, the sorceress known as the Scarlet Witch, and her husband Vision, a debonair android, into sitcom history, …

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4 years, 5 months ago

‘Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl’ review: Earthbound despite dreams of flight

Live Mint

On the heels of Shakuntala Devi comes another literal-minded biopic. But where Anu Menon’s film muddied its emotional waters and switched around its timelines, Sharan Sharma’s Gunjan Saxena tells a simple and more or less linear story. After opening with Gunjan on her first mission during the 1999 Kargil War, the film loops back to the start and maps a …

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5 years, 5 months ago

Earthbound: India’s moon lander launch cancelled for now

Al Jazeera

A nation waits for an explanation and a new date to send Chandrayaan-2 to the lunar south pole With 56 minutes to go, the digital clock just to the right of the video screens inside India‘s Satish Dhawan Space Centre’s press briefing room suddenly stopped. revised launch date will be announced later.” Monday morning’s aborted attempt to launch the Chandrayaan-2 …

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Movie Review: Scarlett Johansson lends star power to earthbound ‘Fly Me to the Moon’

Crew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year

Is your neighbour an alien ’disguised as humans’? This Harvard study will blow your mind

Tom Cruise and Warner Bros Discovery team up for films deal

Tom Cruise to star in original, franchise movies as he signs new deal with Warner Bros Discovery

Hale & Hearty: Scientists plan the perfect ‘space meal’ for long-term space tourists, astronauts

What’s streaming now: ‘Oppenheimer,’ Adam Sandler as a lizard and celebs dancing to Taylor Swift

Aditya-L1 Launch: First Earth-bound firing to raise orbit today. Top updates

How 1,500 languages disappeared from Census data in ten years

Chandrayaan-3: First orbit-raising manoeuvre successfully performed, says ISRO

John Boyega On Returning To 'Star Wars' One Day: 'I'm Good'

‘Lightyear’ stays earthbound, ‘Jurassic World’ holds No. 1

‘Lightyear’ stays earthbound, ‘Jurassic World’ holds No. 1

How science fiction is creating a strange new world of prestige TV

Apple TV+’s Invasion, Tomorrow War, Watchmen: Stop with the fantasy that aliens will fix racism.

Mars Rover Perseverance Hours Away From Daredevil Landing Attempt On Red Planet

WandaVision Is a Marvel Show for People Who Don’t Like Marvel

‘Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl’ review: Earthbound despite dreams of flight

Earthbound: India’s moon lander launch cancelled for now