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Dead Ringers review: A triumphant reimagining of Cronenberg's classic

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Dead Ringers review: A triumphant reimagining of Cronenberg's classic

Remaking a cult psychological thriller like Dead Ringers is a seriously tough ask. Amazingly, a six-parter starring Rachel Weisz as twin gynaecologists is a standalone triumph, says Bethan Ackerley

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Stefanie Martini & Emma Appleton in LOLA (Signature Entertainment)

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LOLA review: Great sci-fi film is rich in ideas, but poor in budget

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Creature review: Human nature is key to a sci-fi ballet

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Creature review: Human nature is key to a sci-fi ballet

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Animalia review: Intriguing sci-fi thriller, shame about the aliens

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Animalia review: Intriguing sci-fi thriller, shame about the aliens

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The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) ??? a planet-scale array of eight ground-based radio telescopes forged through international collaboration ??? was designed to capture images of a black hole. In coordinated press conferences across the globe, EHT researchers revealed that they succeeded, unveiling the first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the centre of Messier 87 and its shadow. The shadow of a black hole seen here is the closest we can come to an image of the black hole itself, a completely dark object from which light cannot escape. The black hole???s boundary ??? the event horizon from which the EHT takes its name ??? is around 2.5 times smaller than the shadow it casts and measures just under 40 billion km across. While this may sound large, this ring is only about 40 microarcseconds across ??? equivalent to measuring the length of a credit card on the surface of the Moon. Although the telescopes making up the EHT are not physically connected, they are able to synchronize their recorded data with atomic clocks ??? hydrogen masers ??? which precisely time their observations. These observations were collected at a wavelength of 1.3 mm during a 2017 global campaign. Each telescope of the EHT produced enormous amounts of data ??? roughly 350 terabytes per day ??? which was stored on high-performance helium-filled hard drives. These data were flown to highly specialised supercomputers ??? known as correlators ??? at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy and MIT Haystack Observatory to be combined. They were then painstakingly converted into an image using novel computational tools developed by the collaboration.

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Don’t Miss: Learning about how the first black hole image was taken

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Cady Coleman appears in The Longest Goodbye by Ido Mizrahy, an official selection of the World Documentary Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. | Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls. All photos are copyrighted and may be used by the press only for the purpose of news or editorial coverage of Sundance Institute programs. Photos must be accompanied by a credit to the photographer and/or 'Courtesy of Sundance Institute.' Unauthorized use, alteration, reproduction or sale of logos and/or photos is strictly prohibited.

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The Longest Goodbye review: A poignant documentary on space psychology

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(from left) M3GAN and Cady (Violet McGraw) in M3GAN, directed by Gerard Johnstone.

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M3gan review: A chilling sci-fi film about the dangers of AI care

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White Noise review: Did this adaptation of a postmodern novel succeed?

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White Noise review: Did this adaptation of a postmodern novel succeed?

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The best films of 2023, from Dune: Part Two to Patrick and the Whale

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The best films of 2023, from Dune: Part Two to Patrick and the Whale

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Plym to Pamlico review: Nuclear test veterans find poignant voice

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Plym to Pamlico review: Nuclear test veterans find poignant voice

Would your radiation badge work? What would it be like to witness a nuclear bomb blast? The early uncertain days of the UK’s nuclear test programme are poignantly recalled by service veterans in a series of four films at the Plym to Pamlico exhibition

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The Volcano review: Heartbreaking documentary relives Whakaari tragedy

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Where might James Bond go next, in terms of science and technology?

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Don't miss: Troll, where heroes fight to save Oslo from an ancient foe

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Don’t miss: Strange World, animated sci-fi with Jake Gyllenhaal

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