Unexpected particle plumes discovered jetting out of asteroid Bennu

This view of asteroid Bennu ejecting particles from its surface on January 19 was created by combining two images taken on board NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Other image processing techniques were also applied, such as cropping and adjusting the brightness and contrast of each image.NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin The asteroid Bennu is the target of a NASA mission tocollect a sampleand return it to Earth, in order to learn about the formation of the early solar system....

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 460 words · Bethany Armstrong

Venom Explains Why Moon Knight Is His Ultimate Host

Summary Warning: contains potential spoilers forWhat If? Venom#5! Venomhas had different hosts since his debut, and now he has explained whyMoon Knightmight be the best of them all. Marvel’s newWhat If? Venomminiseries has explored what happens when some of Marvel’s biggest heroes, such as Doctor Strange and She-Hulk, are possessed by the Venom symbiote. In a preview for issue 5,Venom sets course for the Midnight Mission, finding his ultimate host....

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 527 words · Darryl Martinez

What is the ‘I’m sipping on Pepsi Fanta’ TikTok trend? 5Star song goes viral

What is the ‘I’m sipping on Pepsi Fanta’ TikTok trend? 5Star song goes viral TikTokers are using the song ‘Cmonnn (Hit It One Time)’ by 5Star to make their playful videos for the ‘I’m sipping on Pepsi Fanta’ trend. Songs and dances are often associated with TikTok trends. There’s the‘BBL Drizzy’ trend, where users mocked Drake by singing and dancing along to Metro Boomin’s beat, and of course, thetop 20 dance trends of 2024, featuring artists like Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 419 words · Patricia Manning

Why Apple makes you use AirPods Pro for Dolby Atmos movies

Last week, as part of itsWWDC 2021 announcements, Apple revealed that it had enabledDolby Atmos Musicfor thousands of tracks onApple Music. The best part? The new immersive music format will work when using any set of wired or wireless headphones as long as you’re using an Apple device (like an iPhone or iPad) for playback. But the same isn’t true for listening to Dolby Atmos movie soundtracks using headphones. For video content with Dolby Atmos audio, you must use either theAirPods Proor theAirPods Max....

August 9, 2025 · 6 min · 1193 words · Adam Lopez

Windows 11 Home usually costs $139 — but it’s only $30 today

If you’ve recently bought yourself a new desktop or laptop, you’re most likely usingWindows 11Home edition, which is still pretty good, but it does lock some features away that you can only get with the Pro edition. While they aren’t completely necessary, they are nice to have, but the usual $200 cost of a Windows 11 Pro license means they aren’t worth the cost. Luckily, there’s a great deal from StackSocial that discounts Windows 11 Pro down to just $30, which constitutes a whopping 84% discount on the regular price....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 384 words · Jason Hodges

xQc panics after accidentally starting Marvel Rivals Season 1 mode too early

xQc panics after accidentally starting Marvel Rivals Season 1 mode too early xQc was left panicked after accidentally booting up a yet-to-be-released game mode set to arrive as part ofMarvel Rivals Season 1. Marvel Rivals devs are keeping the hype train rolling with a jam-packed Season 1 update set to go live on Friday, January 10, and as such, new details are coming through thick and fast. FromBattle Pass previewstoglimpses of new skinsfor themany new heroes, there’s been an abundance of information of late....

August 9, 2025 · 3 min · 549 words · Sierra Taylor

Yellowstone EP Christine Voras Details Taylor Sheridan’s Elaborate Spoiler Prevention Tricks

Yellowstone EP Christine Voras Details Taylor Sheridan’s Elaborate Spoiler Prevention Tricks As Yellowstone prepares to ride into the sunset in its final season, keeping key details under wraps is more important than ever. With such a popular series, priority one was preventing a torrent of spoilers from hitting the internet. Now that the end is nigh, Executive Producer Christina Voras has gone into new details as to the lengths Taylor Sheridan and crew had to go to....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 417 words · Mark Lopez

You can finally own the Star Wars Skywalker saga in 4K UHD without Disney+

For Star Wars fans, one of the biggest attractions of Disney’s streaming service, Disney+, has been the ability to watch the early installments of the sci-fi franchise in 4K UHD on their high-resolution screen of choice. That option won’t be exclusive to the streaming service for much longer, though, as Disney will finally let fans buy 4K UHD Blu-rays of the films. In an announcement of the release date for the latest film,Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, on 4K UHD, Lucasfilm also indicated that eight earlier films in the “Skywalker Saga” will also be available to purchase in the high-resolution format for the first time....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 368 words · Makayla Bell

YouTuber bribes security guard to help him sneak into Great Wall of China

YouTuber bribes security guard to help him sneak into Great Wall of China YouTuber ‘Arab’ and his friends risked getting in trouble with the law by bribing a local villager to help them sneak into the Great Wall of China. His latest international exploit saw the influencer and his buddies record their adventures through China, where he aimed to “push the boundaries of freedom in a Communist nation” by sneaking into a forbidden section of the Great Wall....

August 9, 2025 · 2 min · 415 words · Laura Bailey

10 Weirdest X-Men Characters In Fox's Movies The MCU Won't Bring Back

Summary The mutant heroes and villains introduced in Fox’sX-Menfranchise include a number of particularly weird characters that theMCUlikely won’t opt to bring back. Beginning in 2000,Fox’sX-Menmovie franchiseintroduced Marvel’s mutants into live-action on the big screen. In the years that followed, the franchise continued to grow, with multiple timelines allowing for a number of recast roles and many important characters existing within different narratives simultaneously. With the X-Men set to join theMCU’s movie timelinein the future, the question of which characters will appear in Marvel’s flagship franchise is a burning one....

August 8, 2025 · 8 min · 1579 words · Joseph Barron

3 underrated Netflix shows you should watch this weekend (August 15-17)

Based on the way it promotes its biggest shows, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Netflix is really only home to a handful of shows worth watching. If you dig beneathStranger ThingsandWednesday, though, you’re likely to find that Netflix is also home to plenty of shows that have simply never gotten that same level of attention. Just because they were never that popular, though, doesn’t mean they aren’t worth checking out in their own right....

August 8, 2025 · 2 min · 407 words · Kimberly Kennedy

5 great Hulu movies to watch on New Year’s Day

Ah, New Year’s! A time of fresh starts, new beginnings, and remembering the past. While many people might be out partying like there’s no tomorrow, some of us prefer a more chill way to celebrate. So why not snuggle up with a great movie that’s streaming on Hulu? If you want to celebrate from the comfort of your couch or bed (which is exactly what I’ll be doing), then check out one of these great films....

August 8, 2025 · 4 min · 708 words · Gabrielle Mccann

5 things that could make watchOS 10 the perfect Apple Watch update

With Apple’s2023 Worldwide Developer Conferencejust weeks away, all signs point to it possibly being one of the biggest WWDCs yet. Though the main focus may be onApple’s mixed reality headset, we’re still going to see software updates withiOS 17, iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, and macOS 14. Over the weekend, Mark Gurman at Bloomberg stated thatwatchOS 10 may be a “fairly extensive upgrade,” with “notable changes” to the user interface. Although no details were provided, it teases an exciting future for the Apple Watch this year....

August 8, 2025 · 5 min · 1029 words · Jonathon Snyder