Featured comment by HairyTexan:
"I was there and the entire experience made for an incredible night. This particular exchange had to do with Neil responding excitedly/passionately to ..." More »
Neil deGrasse Tyson just took the mystery out of a cosmic mystery in comics, and somehow made it even cooler. How much does Mjolnir, the hammer of Thor forged from a collapsing star, actually weigh? Turns out, stars weigh a lot. Read More >>
Featured comment by mysticusa:
"He is really bad ass, unlike unreliable Superman who can stop bullets but cant help getting punched sometimes :)" More »
When I was a wee pup, my favourite thing about James Bond movies were the scenes with Q. Back then, getting a peek behind the laboratory of insane gadgets and wild weapons was just as cool as killing bad guys in a tuxedo and sleeping with women without one. But how real were those movie-world gadgets? Giz favorite Neil deGrasse Tyson analysed and fact-checked Bond weapons to see which were scientifically viable. Read More >>
Featured comment by Mr Tennent:
"I think bond gadgets have to be within the realms of believability ideally if they cant make them for real they shouldn't be in a bond movie, the movi..." More »
Acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was in attendance at the most recent Starship Smackdown — an anual end-of-Comic-Con tradition wherein a posse of high-profile in-the-know space nerds debate one another of the best starship of all time. Read More >>
Most science fiction fans are happy to shrug off technical inaccuracies while enjoying a movie. But not if you're the director of the Hayden Planetarium and a world-renowned astrophysicist. Which is why Neil DeGrasse Tyson couldn't help but question one of Prometheus' technical gaffes. Read More >>
Featured comment by dinkydarko:
"I don't think this is a real error like people are making out.
1. Its a figure of speech (maybe if you are in a spaceship)
2. It also shows the cha..." More »