Ground teams at Kennedy Space Center in Florida have detected an issue with one of four Space Launch System main engines, resulting in a scrub of today’s scheduled launch.

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In House of the Dragon, It's Bad to Be the King
Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) is the first truly good man we’ve seen sit on the Iron Throne. After eight seasons of Game of Thrones and Robert Baratheon, Joffrey, Cersei, and Daenerys, it’s genuinely weird to see someone ruling Westeros who cares about something more than power or sating their desires.…
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Radiant Black's Superhero World is Gearing Up for Another Crossover
Since its debut in 2020, the world of Kyle Higgins and Marcelo Costa’s Radiant Blackhas quickly expanded into its own superhero universe that’s being dubbed the “Massive-Verse.” Headlining series of their own are new heroes Rogue Sun (by Ryan Parrott & Abel) and Inferno Girl Red (Mat Groom & Erica D’Urso), both of…
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Power Rangers is Going Cosmic Again, and It's Bringing Back the Dino Fury Team
Throughout Power Rangers’ long, storied history, every new show offers a brand new set of Rangers to save the world. But, there have been cases of repeats: several of the Nickelodeon seasons such as Samurai and Ninja Steelhad their teams stick around for an additional season, with that second string of episodes…
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Spy x Family, 2022's Best Anime, Returns This Fall
Earlier in the year, Spy x Familydebuted on Crunchyroll, and took the anime world by storm. Created by Tetsuya Endo, the delightfully strange series stars master spy Loid Forger who adopts a young girl named Anya as part of his new mission, and later gets into a fake marriage with a woman named Yor Briar to sell his…
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Open Channel: What's Your Favorite Lord of the Rings Memory?
Next week, Amazon will finally debut its fall flagship series, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. This is a show that’s been in development for quite awhile, and Amazon’s spent a frankly absurd amount of money to both get the rights to do the show and make it in the first place. While official reviews aren’t out …
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NASA’s Artemis Moon Landing Program: Launches, Timeline, and More
Not since 1972 has a human set foot on the Moon, but NASA is aiming to change that through its ambitious Artemis program. The lunar missions will kick off with Artemis 1, scheduled for launch on Monday, August 29. Live stream available here.
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Marvel's Giving Monica Rambeau Her First Ever Solo Comic
Following her appearance on WandaVisionas played by Teyonah Paris, and ahead of her upcoming jump to the movies in 2023’s The Marvels, Monica Rambeau is now being given a bigger push in the comics. In addition to serving as one of the members of the new, reformed Thunderbolts, she’s now due to receive her own comic…
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Netflix's Horizon Zero Dawn Show Finds Its Showrunners
Earlier in the summer, news broke that Sony was going to bring its sci-fi RPG franchise Horizon Zero Dawnto the small screen via a Netflix adaptation. Watching post-apocalyptic humans battle big-ass robot animals sounds like something that could work as both a game and a TV concept, and Sony’s eager to test that…
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Which Streaming Service Will Save Batman: Caped Crusader?
The recent culling at Warner Bros. has meant that numerous projects have suddenly found themselves cut loose, and surprisingly, one of them was Batman: Caped Crusader. Previously announced back in 2021 from Bruce Timm and JJ Abrams, and planned to air on both HBO Max and Cartoon Network, Caped Crusader had its plug…
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Matt Shakman on Fantastic Four Means Star Trek 4 Loses Another Director
Following the report on Friday morning that WandaVision director Matt Shakman is in the running to helm Marvel’s upcoming Fantastic Four film, it’s now being reported that he’ll be leaving the fourth Star Trek reboot film as a result. Previously, Shakman was announced as the film’s director in summer 2021 after he…
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Artemis 1 and the First Launch of NASA’s Megarocket: What to Know
NASA’s most powerful rocket is nearly ready to send an uncrewed Orion capsule on a 42-day journey to the Moon and back, but this deceptively straightforward plan involves a ton of moving parts—including a harrowing 5,000-degree reentry through Earth’s atmosphere. Here’s what you can expect from this historic mission,…
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Netflix's Resident Evil Series Won't Get a Second Season
Lance Reddick is still cool as hell, and the Capcom video games will go on presumably forever, but Netflix’s Resident Evilseries is joining the list of shows that got one season at the streamer and weren’t brought back for more.
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Meet The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power's Small But Mighty Harfoots
Lord of the Rings fans are all very familiar with Hobbits. And while the new prequel series The Rings of Powerdoesn’t have any Hobbits that we’ll recognize, it does introduce Harfoots, proto-Hobbit characters that certainly look like they’ll stand in for the Second Age equivalent of Frodo and Sam.
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50,000 Houston Homes Might Not Have Flooded in Hurricane Harvey, If Not for Climate Change
Five years ago this month, category 4 Hurricane Harvey hovered over Louisiana and Texas, stalling for more than four days, killing at least 70 people, and causing over $125 billion in estimated damages.

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Failed Businesses and Tech Bros Keep Trying for Crypto Comebacks
Those of us who’ve been paying attention to new blockchain projects over this past year have noticed a strange trend. Failed or failing individuals or businesses are trying to reform their images, and it has everything to do with the still-nebulous idea of Web3.
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All 56 Targaryen Names, Ranked
The branches of the Targaryen family tree stretch far beyond the Game of ThronesTV franchise. In fact, if you look to George R.R. Martin’s original Song of Ice and Fire novels—including Fire and Blood, upon which House of the Dragon is based—there are more than 50 named Targaryens mentioned throughout Westerosi…
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The Best Back to School Accessories for Trust Fund Babies
Last week, we recommended a myriad of gadgets and devices for cash-strapped students headed off to college to live in tiny dorm rooms and cramped apartments. But what if your college experience is the opposite, and your biggest worry isn’t about all the debt you’ll be left with from higher education, but how you can…
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The Latest News From Disney Parks, Universal Studios Resorts, and More Fan-tastical Destinations
Halloween is in full swing at Walt Disney World with entertainment, parties, and treats galore. Meanwhile, Universal Studios Orlando is gearing up for Horror Nights opening next week as merch begins popping up. On the West Coast, summer hangs tight at Universal Studios Hollywood, the Disneyland Resort, and beyond.…
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Now is Not the Time to Buy an Apple Watch Series 3
Apple’s iPhone event is just around the corner, so there are likely new wearable accessories coming in tow. We’re expecting a new Apple Watch, if leaks are to be believed. As a result, we’re likely to see an existing model or two get the boot. Here’s a reminder not to buy the Apple Watch Series 3, which won’t support…
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