Anya Wassenberg

NASA Says Good-Bye to the Cassini Saturn Orbiter

On September 15, 2017, the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn will culminate in a dramatic and fiery collision with the planet’s upper atmosphere. NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency teamed up for the groundbreaking mission that has changed what we know about planetary science and space travel itself.

15 Deleted Scenes That Would’ve Drastically Changed The MCU

When it comes to deleted scenes in the MCU, even a little can mean a lot. With so many storylines converging into the intricate universe of Marvel superhero movies, the smallest detail can be significant and can lead to future storylines, characters that may come or go, and much more.

15 Deleted Star Wars Scenes That Shouldn’t Have Been Cut

Star Wars is the first of the great movie franchises and, arguably, the greatest of them all. It’s spanned decades and generations with a storyline that’s become part of the contemporary zeitgeist. But… what if that famous storyline was at least partly the result of rushed decisions about what footage and ideas to leave on the proverbial cutting room floor at the last minute?

8 Ways The Harry Potter Movies Butchered The Books (And 7 Times It Was Better)

Harry Potter – movies or books? Or do you love them both, albeit a little differently? It’s one of the few cases where both a series of novels and of books were so good that you can be a superfan of all of the above. That’s not to say, though, that they’re exactly the same.

15 Hidden Messages In Grand Theft Auto You Totally Missed

Grand Theft Auto is one of the most enduringly popular video games in history. Part of that popularity is, of course, the over-the-top scenarios you find yourself in while playing it. Nothing like a little murder and mayhem in the virtual world. But Rockstar Games has always had a history of adding extras, surprises, secrets, and Easter eggs into their games as an added bonus for fans.

Netflix and Marvel: ‘The Defenders,’ ‘The Punisher,’ and the future

With “The Defenders” newly launched, and “The Punisher” coming down the pipe later this year, the Netflix and Marvel partnership is just gaining real steam. It is also, as announced by Disney a few weeks ago, a distribution agreement that is under discussion.

15 Things About GoT’s Jon Snow That Make No Sense

Game of Thrones Season 7 is a roller coaster ride, and Jon Snow is right at the center of the action, where he needs to be. The central message from the TV series and the original A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R.R. Martin seems to be something along the lines of, “There are no heroes — fend for yourself!” Still, if we’d name a hero among the moral quagmire that is Westeros, we’d have to say it is Jon Snow.

15 Times Batman Was A Jerk And Killed Someone

Batman murders? “Sure…” you’re thinking. In fact, it was the talk of many critics of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, where Ben Affleck‘s older, more cynical, and brutally violent version of the Caped Crusader went through a number of bad guys on his way to offing the Man of Steel (or seeming to, anyway…). We’re expecting more of the same when Affleck reprises the role in Justice League, opening on November 17, 2017. We’ll add to that toll many more dead bad guys from the old Tim Burton movies, including a scene in Batman Returns where he kills a crook by shoving a bomb down his pants.

15 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True

Fake news, chemtrails, aliens in Area 51 – at one time, they all seemed like such crazy ideas. But, in our post-Wikileaks, post-truth era, what can we really call a conspiracy theory these days?

Cosmic Rain: NASA Launches New Experiment

NASA’s Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass for the International Space Station, aka ISS-CREAM, got underway August 14, 2017 by hitching a ride to the ISS with the SpaceX Dragon rocket in a successful launch. CREAM will be installed in Kibo, the Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility. The experiment is designed to probe the mysteries of cosmic rays, or cosmic rain.