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The Best Animated Series Gems Now Streaming on Peacock
[ad_1] We love animation here at SYFY WIRE, so we’re always delighted to scroll through the Peacock library to discover their huge collection of animated kids originals that people might have missed throughout the years. In the Kids TV section on NBCUniversal’s streaming service, you’ll find everything from popular contemporary shows to nostalgic classics that families can get to know and love…
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Heaviest Black Hole Pair Ever Is 28 Billion Times Mass of the Sun
[ad_1] When John Crichton (Ben Browder) accidentally zoomed across the galaxy in Farscape (streaming now on Peacock), he found himself swept up in an interplanetary war with the fate of the universe on the line. As the galactic conflict escalated, a black hole weapon was created with the power to destroy the universe. Once initiated,…
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Original Alien Star Tom Skerritt Talks Deleted Scene, What Happened to Dallas
[ad_1] Tom Skerritt knew Alien was going to be a hit about halfway into production. He turned to co-star Yaphet Kotto (Parker) at one point and said, “We’re making a classic, you know that?” Without missing a beat, Kotto replied, “I sure as hell do.” Skerritt — who played intrepid Nostromo captain, Dallas — is…
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Super Mario Bros. Movie Sequel From Nintendo and Illumination – Everything To Know
[ad_1] Lets-a-go! It was only a matter of time until Nintendo, Illumination Entertainment, and Universal Pictures returned to the Mushroom Kingdom. How could they not once The Super Mario Bros. Movie leveled up with over $1 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing video game adaptation of all time? The sequel — which is currently in active…
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How Many Oscars Did Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Win?
[ad_1] The Awards Season momentum of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer (now streaming exclusively on Peacock) could be not be stopped Sunday night as the atomic bomb thriller nabbed an impressive total of seven Oscar wins, including the most coveted prize of the night, Best Picture, beating out the likes of American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The…
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Fighting Dengue Fever with Genetically Modified Mosquitos
[ad_1] When Doctors Sattler, Grant, and Malcolm first arrived at Jurassic Park, they were treated to a presentation from Mr. DNA, an animated video host who explained the process by which Jurassic Park scientists create baby dinosaurs. They found partial DNA from the blood of mosquitoes trapped in amber and filled in the gaps by…
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NASA Opens Up Applications for a New Astronaut Class
[ad_1] In SYFY’s The Ark, the masterminds behind the Ark Program carefully selected crew members to maximize the mission’s likelihood of success. While our real-world space program isn’t quite as high-stakes (in The Ark, the survival of humanity hangs in the balance), NASA does the same thing when selecting people for the astronaut program. On…
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John Carpenter Zoom Crashes South Pole Screening of The Thing
[ad_1] Nothing prepares you for six months of snowy isolation quite like John Carpenter’s The Thing. To celebrate the onset of winter in Antarctica this month, the residents of the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station screened John Carpenter’s beloved 1982 horror film, which centers around a group of Antarctic researchers stalked by a shape-shifting alien that had once…
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Greenland Shark Thought to Be 393 Years Old, Give or Take a Century
[ad_1] In 1979, Ridley Scott taught us a truth so obvious in retrospect as to feel almost universal: in space, no one can hear you scream. That was the tagline for the science fiction classic Alien, streaming now on Peacock, which tells the story of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and the blue-collar spacefaring crew of the…
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Jack Black Explains Kung Fu Panda 4 Ending, Mid-Credits Scene
[ad_1] Across four theatrical Kung Fu Panda adventures, Po Ping the Panda (Jack Black) has evolved from a clumsy noodle restaurant bus boy to the prophesied Dragon Warrior. He’s worked solo, side-by-side with the famed Furious Five warriors, and in the latest chapter, Kung Fu Panda 4, he teams up with the thief, Zhen the…