Film & Animation

Clash of the Titans: Hubble’s Universe Unfiltered

Astronomers have known for decades that our Milky Way Galaxy and the neighboring Andromeda Galaxy are approaching each other. What we haven’t known is just how close the encounter will be. Recent Hubble measurements have been able to pin down the trajectory with a smashing conclusion: in about four billion years the two galaxies will crash together in a nearly head-on collision. Further, the spiral galaxies will have completely merged and transformed to create a single elliptical galaxy around six billion years in the future.... Read More

Star Trek Into Darkness Official New Look

In Summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes Star Trek Into Darkness. When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.... Read More

Tonight’s Sky: April 2013

“Tonight’s Sky” provides backyard stargazers with a monthly guide to the northern hemisphere’s skywatching events. In April, look for Jupiter and Saturn in the evening skies, investigate the Big Dipper and Leo the Lion, and catch some “falling stars” from the Lyrid meteor shower.... Read More