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This Newly-Discovered Dwarf Planet Is the Most Distant Object In Our Solar...

V774104: That’s the name of the new dwarf planet astronomers revealed this week, and it’s three times as far away from the sun as Pluto. It’s the most distant object ever discovered in our solar...

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Here's Your Chance To Discover The Best of Russian Science Fiction

Most of us are familiar with the Strugatsky Brothers and one or two other Russian writers—but most of the science fiction produced in Russia during the 20th century remains a mystery. That’s about to...

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Star Wars Battlefront Impressions: Skimpy Singleplayer, Fun Multiplayer

What is Star Wars Battlefront actually made of? The heavily hyped multiplayer game from the makers got an early release for EA Access subscribers on Xbox One. I dove in on Thursday to see what the game...

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Finn Attacks A Stormtrooper In Brand New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Footage

ABC just dropped a brand new teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Some of the footage we’ve seen, but a good chunk is new—including Finn attacking a Stormtrooper with a lightsaber, and some very...

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Jalopnik Watch This Asswipe Completely Fail At Stealing A Porsche Cabriolet |...

Jalopnik Watch This Asswipe Completely Fail At Stealing A Porsche Cabriolet | Gizmodo Americans, Have You Ever Considered That You Are the Abnormal Ones? | Lifehacker How to Enjoy the Holidays Without...

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Did A Tiny Star Wars Toy Just Confirm A Huge Force Awakens Theory?

Fitzsimmons fans are about to get their moment on Agents of SHIELD. Justice League could introduce another female superhero. The Flash teases a surprise return. Tomorrow’s episode of Doctor Who...

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Hologram Pop Star Hatsune Miku "Announces" 2016 US and Canada Tour

If you’re a fan of virtual musicians with computer-generated bodies and voices, and you live in North America, then do I have news for you.Hatsune Miku, Japan’s “virtual pop star,” is coming to the US...

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Watch the Bloodsoaked, R-Rated Version of The Hobbit's Final Battle

Although The Hobbit movies were way too long as is, there is one solid reason for checking out the extended edition Blu-ray of The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies when it arrives next week. Peter...

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In This Dreamy Animated Short, a Young Woman Frees Herself From Her...

In Les Liens De Sang (“Blood Ties”), we see the youngest daughter of an autocratic father take her birthday as the chance to break free. It’s a sumptuous short, filled with imagery that is both...

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Warcraft Movie vs World of Warcraft Locations, In Screenshots

2010 World of Warcraft graphics (and 2005 graphics where Cataclysm didn’t happen) vs. the upcoming Warcraft movie. Aerial51zd compared all the recognizable locations in the Warcraft movie trailer with...

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We Can Rebuild the Northern White Rhino—We Have the Technology

There’s endangered, and then there’s critically endangered, and then there’s the northern white rhino. There are just four—four!—northern white rhinos left on earth. The population has been cut nearly...

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Today's Best Media Deals: Christmas Vacation, Hannibal, and More

Are you serious, Clark? One of the greatest Christmas movies of all time is getting a remastered 25th anniversary edition, complete with a digital copy. [Preorder National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation...

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Here's Everything You Need To Know About Syfy's Version of Clarke's...

Syfy is taking on the ambitious task of adapting one of science fiction’s greatest novels for the big screen. But how well with Childhood’s End live up to Arthur C. Clarke’s original vision? And how...

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On Heroes Reborn, the Heroes Have Already Screwed Everything Up

Hey, remember how in the last two episodes, Hiro kept fussing at HRG to not change things while they were hanging out in the past, and HRG kept screwing with the timeline anyways? Well, turns out Hiro...

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That "Mysterious Object" on a Collision Course with Earth Just Burned In Our...

I wasn’t worried. Were you worried?The Earth’s most infamous hunk of space trash, a rather-large object by the apt-name of WT1190F, has been thwarting astronomers since they first got a glimpse of it...

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Who Is Number 1? You Are, Because It's Our Friday Gif Party!

It’s that time of the week when we all escape! From work! So here’s Number 6 himself, Patrick McGoohan from The Prisoner, to help us make a break for it! Yes, it’s time for the weekly io9 GIF...

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Everyone's Favorite Cajun Superhero, Gambit, Gets A New Director

The Gambit movie may finally be in place. After one director left the project, another one is about to sign on. And it’s someone with not only geek cred, but plenty of blockbuster experience. It’s Doug...

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The 7 funniest movies of all time

The Writers Guild of America put out a list of what they think the 101 funniest screenplays are and it’s filled with all time classics and favorites and movies that are watchable over and over again....

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The Upcoming Toho Godzilla Movie Will Feature The Biggest Godzilla Ever

Godzilla fans know that, eventually, they’re going to see him fight King Kong in a few big budget American movies. But those are several years out. Before that, Godzilla’s creators Toho have a new...

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How Gotham City Evolved Into the Worst Fictional City in America

This is neat. The Nerdwriter has chronicled the 75-year history of Batman’s hometown, from its humble beginnings as New York City (really!) to the crime-ridden, neo-gothic nightmare town we know today...

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