Crash of the titans: imminent merger of giant black holes predicted | Science

Tick … tick … boom? In the center of a galaxy 1.2 billion light-years from Earth, astronomers say they have seen signs that two giant black holes, with a combined mass of hundreds of millions of Suns, are gearing up for a cataclysmic merger as soon as 100 days from now. The event, if it … Read more

Zoë and Book are kidnapped on planet Bethel in Titan’s ‘Firefly: Carnival’ novel

Even though any hope of resurrecting creator Joss Whedon’s “Firefly” for the small or big screen seems to be lost in a cloudy nebula of development hell, we still have the further adventures of Captain Mal and his valiant Browncoat crew in the form of many collectibles, spinoff comics, graphic novels, and tie-in canonical books. … Read more