Feb 3, 1:53 PM (ET) By SETH BORENSTEIN WASHINGTON (AP) – A telescope arms race is taking shape around the world. Astronomers are drawing up plans for the biggest, most powerful instruments ever constructed, capable of peering far deeper into the universe – and further back in time – than ever before. The building boom, [...]

Original Star Trek star William Shatner waxed nostalgic about the franchise as he unveiled a multimedia touring exhibition of Trek memorabilia in Long Beach, Calif., on Jan. 17.

Dave Bartis, executive producer of NBC’s upcoming Knight Rider TV movie/backdoor pilot, told SCI FI Wire there’s several reasons the show features a souped-up Ford Mustang and not the Pontiac Trans Am of the original 1980s series.

Will Smith, who shares the screen in I Am Legend with a German shepherd, told reporters that he quickly bonded with the dog. “Abbey is the dog’s real name,” Smith said in a news conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., last week. “And, yeah, when I was probably 9 years old, I had a dog, Trixie, [...]

Typically, a writer’s job doesn’t end once the cameras start rolling. But in the case of “Star Trek XI,” the words on the paper are the words that will end up on the screen. The Writers Guild of America strike did not affect production of “Star Trek XI,” which is now filming in California, in [...]

NASA/JPL NEWS RELEASE
Posted: September 22, 2007
PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has discovered entrances to seven possible caves on the slopes of a Martian volcano. The find is fueling interest in potential underground habitats and sparking searches for caverns elsewhere on the Red Planet.