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An Author's Adventures in Space Travel, Science Fiction, and Worlds Beyond
This past summer, the sci-fi/horror cult classic Event Horizon got its first official tie-in comic: Event Horizon: Dark Descent. Regular readers may have seen the sneak peek I shared back in June. As of November 2, two issues are out, with three more on the way. Are they a promising start for an Event Horizon... Continue Reading →
Event Horizon has long held a special place in my heart, and in my nightmares. Few other films have frightened me quite the way that one did, when I first watched it as an impressionable teenager, and to this day I list it among my very favorite horror movies. Some of you may recall the... Continue Reading →
The absolute smallest angular distance resolvable by the human eye is 28 arc-seconds1. That's about 0.008 degrees, or the apparent size of a quarter at 132 meters, and for those of us not blessed with impeccable vision, that value will be a lot worse. Thankfully modern technology far surpasses the limits of human eyesight, seeing... Continue Reading →
Another short post this week1. Today, we will be exploring what has become a common theme on this blog, or rather a common destination: Neptune. Neptune is indisputably the Spooky Planet. If the Solar System had a haunted house, this would be it---a cold, dark, storm-wracked world made extra fascinating by its sheer remoteness. Only... Continue Reading →
It's almost Halloween, everyone, and I'm sure you can guess what that means: it's time to take a look at the spookiest space film out there, Event Horizon. Like Ad Astra, it is about an expedition to a doomed ship around Neptune; unlike Ad Astra, it's actually good. Some spoilers (but no gore) ahead: What a beautiful... Continue Reading →
Post by Nic Quattromani: This week we got a revolutionary new picture of another planet in our solar system, and while it's not the planet with the most interesting surface features (or with surface features at all, actually), we nevertheless have the best view of Neptune since Voyager 2 visited back in 1989. Feast your eyes on... Continue Reading →
