“All Hippos, the drone is in the control room, give us your all.” Vanessa Bonet of the installation art group Dedo Vabo watched over a mission-control monitor deck, as the buzzing craft climbed into room full of braying hippos in rumpled suits. The beasts were, ostensibly, running a menacing communications conglomerate in a satellite tower…
As the Artemis II mission crew heads back toward Earth following a history-making trip around the moon this week, NASA dropped the astronauts‘ highly anticipated morning playlist. “You asked for it. Here it is,” NASA wrote Wednesday on social media, sharing the list via Spotify. “Each track was selected by the Moon crew, continuing a tradition…
Dying stars can emit a powerful jet of radiation, as seen in an artist’s impression Stocktrek Images, Inc./Alamy Astronomers think they have seen a type of explosion produced by a dying star called a dirty fireball for the first time, and it could help us understand how massive stars die. When a massive star runs…
The “Super Mario Bros.” world has always been a family affair — it’s right there in the title. The wildly successful 40-year-old Japanese video game franchise features a pair of Italian American plumber brothers from Brooklyn who spend their time powering up and jumping around the Mushroom Kingdom. But their motley crew of friends and…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Space isn’t a forgiving place to be stuck. There’s no air, no pulling over for directions and no margin for error. When something goes wrong, you’re left with whatever you have on hand for however long you can make it last. That fear drives the new sci-fi epic “Project Hail Mary,” opening in…
When Times theater critic Charles McNulty declared Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Tony Award-winning play “Purpose” the best new drama of 2025, he wrote, “I won’t hold my breath for an L.A. production.” As it turns out, he didn’t have to. The L.A. premiere of “Purpose,” featuring its original Broadway cast, will lead Geffen Playhouse’s 2026-27 season with…
