The Webb Telescope's newest image shows two galaxies smashing into each other. inverse.com/science/galaxi
Follow
Inverse
@inversedotcom
Inverse is for the superfan in all of us. We take you deeper in the worlds of entertainment, gaming, tech, and science — and all the fantastic ways they collide
Inverse’s Tweets
A man constipated from birth was carrying over 28 pounds of feces in his colon: buff.ly/2tenmoJ
A gigantic gas planet was discovered in a double star system 325 light-years away that challenges scientists’ ideas about how planets form. inverse.com/science/b-cent
In a first for humanity, a manmade spacecraft has kissed the Sun.
A planet has been discovered, dubbed WASP-103b, and one of the latest non-globe planets recorded. Due to its proximity to its home star - less than 20,000 miles - tidal stresses pull it into the shape of a potato.
A 16-person team will soon begin reviewing unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP) for NASA.
Animated show 'OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes' was one of 36 programs removed from HBO Max in August. “We are not sure how the show being available to people was a problem in any way,” says 'OK K.O.!' creator Ian Jones-Quartey .
New observations reveal Venus marked with continents, flat expanses, and ranging highlands. These features have never been seen before in the visible spectrum of light, a feat achieved only through a series of stealthy flybys of the planet’s nightside.
A team of astronomers discovered at least 70 rogue planets in the Milky Way, marking the largest group of rogue planets ever found. These free floaters roam the universe on their own without being bound to a host star.
'BuzzFeed Unsolved' Season 6 is so scary, one host "blacked out with fear":
‘Metal Gear’ launched in Japan in 1987, kicking off one of the most important action-stealth game franchises of all time. The mastermind behind it, Hideo Kojima, has since become one of the most lauded game directors due to his innovative approach to games.
This was taken by NASA’s previous Magellan mission. Here, the highland region is shown in false color. Together, these observations reveal the planet’s diverse topography. These new images set the stage for two huge endeavors: VERITAS and DAVINCI. inverse.com/science/venus-
UAP’s are classified due to their puzzling behavior in the sky, which doesn’t fit into the known behavior of aircraft or known natural phenomena. inverse.com/science/nasa-u
With our first EVER perfect score, receiving a 10/10, the campaign to 'Halo Infinite' is the masterpiece you've been dreaming of for 20 years.
"The entire package is so stunning and refined that it will blow your mind."
Avengers #InfinityWar is epic, emotional and most of all, shocking. Marvel just raised the stakes higher than you can believe.
GIF
“Not only does this milestone provide us with deeper insights into our Sun’s evolution and its impacts on our Solar System, but everything we learn about our own star also teaches us more about stars in the rest of the universe." inverse.com/science/we-tou
Michael B. Jordan Anime 'gen:LOCK' Adds 'Doctor Who' Star David Tennant:
'Final Fantasy XVI' Producer Naoki Yoshida shares his thoughts on the future of the franchise.
“I want to keep making sure that 'Final Fantasy XIV' will be fondly remembered by many as a fun game that gave them the best gaming experience,” he says.
inverse.com/gaming/final-f
Initially discovered in 2014, the unusual shape was theorized due to its short orbit around WASP-103 in 22 hours. It was unconfirmed until now, using the European Space Agency’s CHEOPS mission and data from NASA’S Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes. inverse.com/science/egg-sh
To mark the 20th anniversary of Grand Theft Auto III, Art Director Aaron Garbut shares his perspective on the genesis of the open-world genre and the game's enduring legacy inverse.com/gaming/gta-3-2
'RRR' is "breathtaking and brazenly over the top, from its songs to its smackdowns." Read more about the Tollywood epic that is finally available on Netflix:
The days are getting shorter which means you might find yourself gazing up at the sky more often. Here are 5 astronomical events you can't miss this month.
'Elden Ring' uses an unlikely source to inspire a lot of its design and lore: Ireland
Markus Jonson and his team used the SPHERE exoplanet imager on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope to survey the star system. The two stars should be too big and hot to have a giant planet. inverse.com/science/b-cent
Renowned in film and television as a pioneer in puppetry, Wendy Froud has created countless iconic TV and movie creatures, earning her one of pop culture’s greatest titles: The Mother of Yoda.
The original ‘Street Fighter’ was admittedly a flawed game, but it created the blueprint for the entire fighting game genre.
Despite Rick’s best efforts to control the universe, trauma sends him spiraling into despair time and time again.
This November, skygazers will have the chance to catch more than one meteor shower and the last lunar eclipse of 2022. Here’s your skywatching guide for the month.
'Becoming Jessica Nigri' Unmasks the Life of a Famous Cosplayer: inv.rs/cssh
The leaker claims John Krasinski’s appearance was just a one-time thing (for now, at least.) It sounds like Marvel is still looking for the perfect Reed Richards, but one apparent frontrunner is Penn Badgley. inverse.com/entertainment/
Who's Barbara Dunkelman? How "BlawnDee" Became a Geek Celebrity:
August will be a particularly big month for stargazers.
“Now, we finally are seeing the surface in visible wavelengths for the first time from space.” The images reveal a diverse topography. Venus is 735 Kelvin at its surface, 863.33 °F. Scientists also report emissions similar to an Earthly wonder: The aurora. inverse.com/science/venus-
Apple Event March 25th 2019 invitation mirrors Apple Event September 12, 2006
‘Infinity Train’s social media posts and even the original YouTube pilot vanished when the show was removed. “I’ve never seen that before, not even in cases where shows have been taken down from various streaming sites due to some kind of controversy." inverse.com/entertainment/
Venus appears in visible light as a pearl and opaque. By imaging the planet during its nighttime, the Parker Solar Probe was able to see more detail of the surface of Venus in the visible spectrum from space than any mission has ever achieved before. inverse.com/science/venus-
Officially dubbed b Cen (AB)b, the planet is 11 times the mass of Jupiter, and its orbit is 100 times more expensive than Jupiter’s. There are very few Solar System objects that orbit that far from the Sun. inverse.com/science/b-cent
“Venus is the third brightest thing in the sky, but until recently we have not had much information on what the surface looked like because our view of it is blocked by a thick atmosphere,” says Brian Wood, the lead author of the new study and a physicist. inverse.com/science/venus-
This discovery matters because it challenges the timescale of planetary formation. Scientists believed that gas giant planets didn’t form around stars of this size before the discovery. inverse.com/science/b-cent
60 years ago, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby decided the Norse god Thor had the makings of a Marvel superhero. Inverse delved into decades of archival interviews, panels, podcasts and Norse mythology to find 60 bits of trivia about Marvel’s “God of Thunder.”
The last Supermoon of 2022 will happen the evening of August 11. Otherwise known as the Sturgeon Moon, August’s Full Moon will reach its peak at 9:36pm. inverse.com/science/sky-gu
50 years later, the juggernaut Marvel Studios reckons with its own source material’s uglier aspects. After years of exclusion and dehumanization by imaginations not their own, Asian Americans are now empowered to reclaim heroes and villains for themselves.
Animators are worried about what this could mean for streaming-only properties. “It makes it seem as though all of this is much more impermanent than fans and creators of this kind of art were led to believe,” says Owen Dennis, creator of ‘Infinity Train.’ inverse.com/entertainment/
In 1978, Jane Foster became the first person to wield Mjolnir in a Marvel comic book (aside from Thor and Odin.) As part of our Viking Issue, we spoke with the creatives behind ‘What If?’ #10 about the creation of Thordis.
Anime Fan Michael B. Jordan Is Starring in Rooster Teeth's New Mecha Series: inv.rs/cSX5
Within just days of removing these shows, Warner Bros. Discovery lost $20 billion in marketing cap. inverse.com/entertainment/
John Krasinski may have played Mister Fantastic in ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ but a new leak reveals Penn Badgley may be in the running for the ‘Fantastic Four’ starring role.
Already, this achievement is serving up serious insight into the Sun. The probe confirmed the Sun’s atmosphere isn’t uniform in shape — it flows with peaks and valleys that the probe passed through repeatedly. inverse.com/science/we-tou
"It's not about selling more copies. It's about preserving the art form that we know and love." #Xbox bit.ly/34TUhEx
Saturn will be visible in the sky starting August 14, just after sunset. It will remain visible until January 2023. inverse.com/science/sky-gu
We're only learning about this incredible feat now because NASA needed the intervening months to confirm they had actually done it. inverse.com/science/we-tou
'Dead Space' is a 10/10.
"'Dead Space' is a shot-for-shot recreation of the original that manages to recapture the 2008 game as you want to remember it — meaning it’s actually better than ever."
'Game of Thrones' Director Says Dragons Are Like "Napalm or an Atom Bomb":
In 1975, the X-Men were in bad shape. For five years, readers only got reprints of older issues featuring the original five X-Men. It seemed Marvel had given up on its mutants, but the tide turned with a new team in 'Giant-Size X-Men' featuring Wolverine.
After spending two hours with the latest iteration, 'Pokémon Scarlet,' it’s clear that developer Game Freak is incorporating some of Arceus’ best features into the mainline franchise.
Maisie Williams Says Her 'gen:LOCK' Anime Character Could Crush Arya Stark:
SCOOP: Danny Elfman will team up with long time collaborator Sam Raimi to score Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
According to Jonson, ‘This is such an extreme system that it gives very clear constraints under which conditions planets can form.’ The planet's circular orbit also gives insight into how and where it formed.
EXCLUSIVE: is officially entering the U.S. phone market with the Phone (2) launching later this year.
Ahead of the release of The World of Critical Role, and reflect on the "hell year" of 2020.
“NASA is going in with an open mind,” the space agency wrote. “We will not underestimate what the natural world contains, and we believe there is a lot to learn.”
inverse.com/science/nasa-u
The most spectacular meteor shower of the month peaks on the evening of October 21 to 22, dropping up to 20 meteors per hour. inverse.com/science/octobe
How the Rooster Teeth anime 'RWBY' plays a key role in 'Doctor Sleep':
A total lunar eclipse will be visible on November 8 from North America, South America, Asia and Australia. This will be the last total lunar eclipse until 2025. inverse.com/science/novemb
Elon Musk and POTUS Candidate Andrew Yang Discuss A.I.'s Dangers on Twitter:
NASA’s audacious Parker Solar Probe achieved the scientific first after three years and five Venus flybys, entering the Sun’s atmosphere on April 28, 2021. inverse.com/science/we-tou
EXCLUSIVE: 'What If?' executive producer talks taking the Star Wars approach, and how things might move from animation to live action down the line.
Released on August 12, 1987, the first ‘Street Fighter’ was an attempt at refining the gameplay of Takashi Nishiyama’s side-scrolling beat-em-up ‘Kung-Fu Master.’ This game was messy but it created the mechanics that define fighting games today. inverse.com/gaming/street-
"They make one of the greatest archeological finds of the 20th century, and all they can think about is how they can become popular in high school." We got to catch up with the cast and crew behind 'Encino Man,' one of the most ’90s movie ever made.
EXCLUSIVE: 'Rick and Morty' actor Spencer Grammar teases the possibility of an Evil Summer Smith as well gives and update on season 6 and season 7.
'Stranger Things' star Joseph Quinn joined the Hawkins gang in season 4 as Eddie Munson, the charismatic metalhead and Dungeon Master. "It felt like this season was incredibly ambitious and was really reaching for something kind of extraordinary," he said.
Marvel recently revealed the next two Avengers movies slated for 2025: ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’ and ‘Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.’ We still don't know much about the films but we can look at the 1984 'Secret Wars' comics to see where the MCU might be headed.
The image of IC 1623, located around 270 million light years away, also possibly shows the birth of a new supermassive black hole right in the bright heart of the collision. The merging galaxies have nearly become one object already.
NASA Confirms Astronauts Will Watch 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' in Space:
Animation has already suffered heavily in the streaming wars, but this is disturbing for the industry at large. Individual animators no longer have work to show in their portfolios. Animation studios could start cutting back in production and hiring, too.
Twitter crusade hints Snyder Cut of 'Justice League' is coming to HBO Max:
A sneakerhead IRL, initially fought against wearing running shoes vs. boots. He eventually came around to the idea and its resonant symbolism for the MCU’s first headline Asian-American superhero.
We spoke with about his passion for entertaining, avoiding burnout, and why he decided to create a documentary in the first place
One of the best opportunities to see Mercury all year can be caught October 8 – if you’re willing to wake up early for it. It’ll appear just before sunrise. inverse.com/science/octobe
HBO Max has a trump card in the streaming wars: The Snyder Cut:
The first full Moon after the autumnal equinox is called the Hunter’s Moon, which will rise in the sky on October 9. The Hunter’s Moon will overlap with the Draconic Meteor Shower, so it may wash out the shooting stars. inverse.com/science/octobe
In its fly-through, the probe discovered two strange solar weather phenomena: a source of solar wind, known as switchbacks, and a pseudostreamer. inverse.com/science/we-tou
Twenty-five years after ‘Mars Attacks!’ delighted and baffled audiences Tim Burton, , , and others reveal to Inverse how the tale went from trading cards to pop-culture curio.
On the night of November 4-5, the Southern Taurids will peak with a rate of about five meteors per hour. The best opportunity to catch them will be just after midnight. inverse.com/science/novemb
We’re the first to admit we were wrong about ‘Halo Infinite’
“I don’t see what was to be gained by removing content, thus removing value from a streaming service, with nothing to replace it with,” ‘Mighty Magiswords’ creator Kyle Carrozza says. inverse.com/entertainment/
Review: 'Jedi Survivor' is the best Star Wars game since 'Knights of the Old Republic' inverse.com/gaming/star-wa
Meet the on-set dialect coach working to bring language to life in the ‘The Rings of Power,’ the Amazon Prime series that takes place thousands of years before Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.
inverse.com/entertainment/
'Star Wars: Squadrons' is possibly the most satisfying flight combat game ever and one of the most unique multiplayer experiences of the year.
Our review: bit.ly/3n6erCo
The Perseid meteor shower may be tough to see this year since its peak coincides with the Supermoon on August 11. You may be able to still catch a glimpse of it until September 1st, just look out for shooting stars. inverse.com/science/sky-gu
SCOOP: Danny Elfman will be scoring upcoming sci-fi film '65' starring Adam Driver bit.ly/2ZQ4Ghu
GIF
The research team includes an astronaut, a space-treaty drafter, a boxer and several astrobiologists.
Rooster Teeth Teases 'Infinity War' of Comedy in 'Arizona Circle' Trailer:
When two galaxies merge, they create dense patches of gas that can collapse under their own weight and flare to life as new stars. These waves of star formation show up in the image as the bright gold bubbles amid the red background of heated gas. inverse.com/science/galaxi
