Image credit: Kurt J Mac It took 14-and-a-half years of walking but finally someone has made it to the edge of the world. Of Minecraft. That person is Kurt J. Mac, and he began his adventure on 28th March 2011 with one goal in mind: reach the rumoured Far Lands - the theoretical hard edge of a Minecraft world - and on Sunday, 4th October, he made it. Mac streamed the occasion, as he has streamed every footstep of his adventure so far. He was in a wooden boat at sea and rowed forward, and as he did, a strange wall began to arise before him on the horizon, shaped like a top-down view of a world.

View of Marilyn Lovell (second left), along with her children, as they watch the liftoff of a Saturn V rocket that carries her husband (and their father) on the Apollo 8 mission at Kennedy Space Center, Florida on Dec. 21, 1968. With her are, from left, Jay, Jeffrey, Susan and Barbara. (Image credit: NASA/PhotoQuest/Getty Images) If you're a space buff but haven't already seen the 1995 film "Apollo 13," it's worth the watch. It recreates the near-disaster mission marked by an oxygen tank explosion and emergency ocean-landing back to Earth starring Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell, Kevin Bacon as Jack Swigert and Bill Paxton as Fred Haise: the heroic crew at the center of the story.

Image credit: Square Enix Square Enix is finally releasing Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth as a physical double pack. These games are the first two parts of the Remake trilogy, which reimagines the original PS1 classic Final Fantasy 7. Available from 4th December exclusively on PS5, the Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Twin Pack Physical Edition (as it's known) will cost $59.99 / €69.99 / £59.99. You can pre-order it now from the Square Enix store. FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE – World & Factions – Nintendo Switch 2…

The Raging Baboon Nebula, as captured by astrophotographer Greg Meyer in 2025. (Image credit: Greg Meyer) Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a star-studded nebula scene that conjures the image of a colossal baboon raging in the depths of space. The outline of the cosmic simian's mouth and face are sculpted from a colossal cloud of molecular dust located some 500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Corona Australis, while the blue glowing eyes are formed from blue reflection nebulas. The region is colloquially referred to as the Rampaging Baboon Nebula due to its resemblance to the colorful face of a…

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ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago on Thursday to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks, weighing in as the Trump administration crackdown on immigrants intensifies in the pontiff’s hometown. “While recognizing that appropriate policies are necessary to keep communities safe, I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable,” Leo said. The audience was scheduled before the deployment of National Guard troops to protect federal property in the Chicago area, including a U.S.

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