16 Witchy Movies To Watch This Halloween

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Cast a spell on your stay-at-home Halloween with these 16 movies about witches ranging from terrifying to adorable.

Cast a spell on your stay-at-home Halloween with these 16 movies about witches ranging from terrifying to adorable.

Halloween time may look a lot different for most of us here in 2020, but we can still observe some of the more important traditions–like settling in to watch our favorite spooky movies, whether they’re charming family-friendly classics or teeth-clenching horror shows. But there are so many fantastic seasonally-appropriate movies that picking what to watch can get overwhelming–especially if you’re anything like us and have been binging through your favorite creepy movies for the entire duration of quarantine lockdown.

But if that’s the case, fear not. We’re here to help. We’ve narrowed down a list that focuses on one very specific sub-genre of spooky season favorites: Movies about witches. These movies range in rating and tone from fun-for-all-ages to incredibly traumatic, so you’ll have no problem finding something that’s exactly the speed you’re looking for as you cope with the ennui of not being able to attend your favorite Halloween party or go run around in a haunted attraction with friends.

Here are 16 of our favorite witch movies, and where to stream them today.

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1. The Craft

1. The Craft

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This mid-’90s classic was the blueprint for a whole generation of alternative kids. From the iconic “we’re the weirdos, mister” line to the oddly specific and supernatural high school bully revenge fantasies, The Craft is a wonderful (if charmingly dated) look into the teen witch sub-genre that will never go out of style.

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2. Suspiria (1977 or 2018)

2. Suspiria (1977 or 2018)

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Both versions of Suspira will give you a very different witch experience, so which you choose is really up to your own preference. The 1977 version is arguably a more artistic and stylized take on the story, but the 2018 version does have Tilda Swinton. Both are the story of a witch-controlled dance academy.

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3. The Covenant

3. The Covenant

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If The Craft is the blueprint for teen girl witches, The Covenant was the same for a coven of boys. Set in a prestigious private school home to four descendents of colonial witches, The Covenant may be a bit campy now, but it’s well worth a watch. Also it stars a pre-Winter Soldier Sebastian Stan as one of the main antagonists, if you’re looking for another excuse.

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4. Hocus Pocus

4. Hocus Pocus

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C’mon, don’t pretend you haven’t seen the one already. Arguably the most classic witch movie of all time, Hocus Pocus is a Halloween staple. If you haven’t already gotten your annual rewatch out of the way, now’s the time.

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5. Practical Magic

5. Practical Magic

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Blending some light horror with romance and drama, Practical Magic is a witch movie for people who want something a bit less terrifying than something like Suspiria but a bit more serious than something like Hocus Pocus. Sanda Bullock and Nicole Kidman star as two sisters struggling against their family’s curse.

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6. The Blair Witch Project

6. The Blair Witch Project

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The found footage movie that started the whole craze, The Blair Witch Project may not technically have any on-screen witches but we’re still going to count it. Depending on your taste (and your ability to not get motion sick watching found footage), this might be one of the scariest movies on this list and it still holds up today. There was also a sequel, subtitled Book Of Shadows, and a third installment called The Blair Witch you could also check out–though your mileage may vary on either of them.

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7. The VVitch

7. The VVitch

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About as traditional a witch movie as you’re ever going to get, The VVItch is a super stylish, slow burn set in colonial times. It’s also the birthplace of Black Phillip “wouldst thou like to live deliciously” memes, which you’ve probably seen even if you haven’t watched the movie.

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8. The Conjuring

8. The Conjuring

Watch on Netflix

The entire Conjuring franchise is worth a watch during the Halloween season, but only the first movie can actually fall under the witch movie umbrella. A fictionalized story of two real life paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren, this movie is all about a house haunted by the restless spirit of a witch who used to own it.

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9. Return To Oz

9. Return To Oz

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Okay, bear with us on this one, because if you didn’t know that The Wizard of Oz had sequels, you’re in for a ride. In this movie, Dorothy is sent to an asylum (no really) and subjected to electroshock therapy (no really), after her aunt becomes convinced that her trips to Oz are delusions. Dorothy eventually escapes via another trip to Oz, but the landscape isn’t exactly what she remembers. Glinda and Elphaba are no more and instead, the land is ruled by a new witch named Mombi who beheads her subjects with magic, which allows her to remove her own head and replace it with that of her victims. Also, this is a kids movie, somehow. Just watch it.

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10. Bedknobs and Broomsticks

10. Bedknobs and Broomsticks

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On a significantly more lighthearted note, Angela Landsburry’s cult classic Bedknobs and Broomsticks probably won’t terrify you, but it will bring that wonderful and strange sort of uncanniness that comes from live-action/animation hybrids. Also it’s a musical, which ought to win it some points.

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11. Gretel & Hansel

11. Gretel & Hansel

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This reimagining of the classic fable is drenched in creepy, surrealist style. It’s probably a bit slower paced and subtle than your traditional spooky Halloween movie, but if you’re a fan of fantastic and unsettling images–and cannibal witches, of course–this one’s for you.

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12. Don't Knock Twice

12. Don’t Knock Twice

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This British horror movie borrows its witch lore from Scandenavian folklore. Don’t Knock Twice is all about accidentally summoning the wrath of the Baba Yaga, a demonic witch who, traditionally, lives in a house perched upon chicken legs, but in this story, lives in the only “occupied” house located in a creepy neighborhood.

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13. Drag Me To Hell

13. Drag Me To Hell

Watch on Hulu

Drag Me To Hell has earned a place of honor among horror fans as a cult classic, thanks in part to its writer/director, the legendary Sam Raimi. This one’s less of a direct witch movie and more focused on the fallout of a curse placed on its main characters by a witch, but, like The Blair Witch Project, we can’t help but include it.

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14. The Witches (1990)

14. The Witches (1990)

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Another family friendly offering, The Witches was recently remade for HBO Max, but we’re going to recommend you stick with the classics on this one and go for the 1990 version, starring Anjelica Huston. It’s all about a group of scrappy kids fighting against a coven of evil child-hating witches who turn them into mice, and it’s just the right blend of creepy and cute.

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15. The Witches of Eastwick

15. The Witches of Eastwick

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Did you know that George Miller–Mad Max George Miller–directed a dark comedy about witches that starred Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michille Pfeiffer, and Jack Nicholson? Now you do. If you’re more in the mood for ’80s humor than horror, give this one a shot.

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16. Bell, Book and Candle

16. Bell, Book and Candle

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Finally, for anyone looking to celebrate spooky season with some vintage romance, the 1958 romantic comedy Bell, Book and Candle features golden age of Hollywood stars like Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, and James Stewart. It’s all about a witch who casts a love spell on a neighbor and while it may not be terrifying, it’s definitely charming.

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Sony Details PS5 Accessibility Settings

The PlayStation 5 begins its global rollout on November 12, and as that date approaches we’re finding out more and more about Sony’s next-gen system. Now, Sony has given us some insight into the system’s in-build accessibility features, and how they’ll make the system easier to use for disabled players.

While the PS4 had text to speech, the PS5 also has a voice dictation system, which allows you to convert speech to text. There’s also a Screen Reader function, which lets users hear on-screen text that they might not be able to read, and deaf users will have the option of typing out text messages that will then be spoken out loud for other players in multiplayer.

These features will also support multiple languages, Sony has announced, so they’ll be part of the system’s global feature set.

Button assignment and closed caption features will also be available, as well as color correction. You can program preferred presets for common settings, which will be remembered across numerous supported games.

The PlayStation 5 DualSense features haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, but for players who have issues with these features, they’ll be able to reduce or disable these features.

PlayStation 5 preorder allotments are currently sold out, so if you haven’t already ordered one, you’ll likely have to wait until 2021.

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Pikmin 3 Deluxe Review Roundup

Pikmin 3 Deluxe is bringing Nintendo’s take on real-time strategy to the Nintendo Switch today. The port brings brand-new side story missions, quality-of-life improvements, and additional achievements to the third installment in the cartoony series about plant-based little minions.

A lot of people missed Pikmin 3 when it originally landed on Wii U in 2013, so this version of the game gives them the chance to kill a burrowing snagret with nothing but these knockoff little green men. Fans of the Pikmin series have been clamoring for Pikmin 4, especially as Miyamoto has said that the game is “still happening” back in 2016. This remake could be a sign that the long-awaited sequel is on its way to the Nintendo Switch soon.

  • Game: Pikmin 3 Deluxe
  • Platforms: Nintendo Switch
  • Developer: Nintendo
  • Release date: October 30
  • Price: $60

GameSpot — 8/10

“Although the side story missions are the biggest selling point, Pikmin 3 has actually received a fair number of other tweaks in its move to Switch as well. There are new difficulty options, a hint system that helpfully nudges wayward players in the right direction, and other additions like badges–unlockable achievements that are doled out upon completing specific tasks or reaching certain milestones. These nips and tucks don’t radically alter the experience for returning players, but they do help make the game more inviting for newcomers, especially those who may not already be familiar with the series.” — Kevin Knezevic [Full Review]

IGN — 9/10

“Pikmin 3 Deluxe makes an already excellent game even better and transplants it onto a console where far more people have a chance to see how good it really is. Its Side Stories and difficulty modes aren’t massive additions, but they gave me more of the already clever and fast-paced fun that made me fall in love with the original game seven years ago. And while not as flashy new missions, there are a downright impressive amount of smaller touches and quality-of-life adjustments throughout (including replacing the Wii U’s Gamepad screen with Switch-friendly controls) that make this the best the Pikmin series has ever felt. There’s plenty of reason to come back for returning players, and if you missed Pikmin 3 on the Wii U then you absolutely shouldn’t repeat that mistake here.” — Tom Marks [Full Review]

Game Informer — 9/10

“Pikmin 3 was one of my favorite Wii U games, which isn’t meant to be faint praise it sounds like. Thanks to Pikmin 3 Deluxe, players who didn’t get around to checking it out in its original form have a chance to do so on the Switch. And better yet, they’re getting a version that lives up to its potential as a game to bring people together – even if it’s just to move tangerines and grapes around.” — Jeff Cork [Full Review]

VentureBeat — 4/5

“I’m thrilled that I had another great excuse to play through it. And I’m really hoping this is paving the way for a Pikmin 4. Even if you bounced off of Pikmin, I think Nintendo has ironed out a lot of the wrinkles that acted as a barrier for this franchise. The controls are solid and friendly. Even the camera never really causes frustrations. Give this game a shot. It’s worth it.” — Jeff Grubb [Full Review]

GamesRadar — 4/5

“Honestly, the Deluxe part of the experience, like DLC and extra missions are all just the icing piped carefully around the main gameplay cake and will be of interest only to the hardcore who need an excuse to purchase Pikmin 3 for a second time. Not that you need one, the game is still a classic and its Honey I Shrunk The Kids miniature world and gameplay translates perfectly to Switch. It’s been seven years since Pikmin 3 arrived on the Wii U, and with its tweaks and extra goodies it absolutely deserves another chance in the sun.” — Rachel Weber [Full Review]

Eurogamer — Recommended

“While they’re still set in Pikmin 3’s original areas and a bit of a kitbash, they offer the closest thing to a Pikmin 4 you’re going to play this year. And that’s the real hope with this re-release – that this return of the Wii U campaign with extra bells and whistles is the launch pad for an all-new Pikmin in the relatively close future. Just like its own small treasures, Pikmin 3 is well worth dusting off, as we wait for the series to properly end its garden leave.” — Tom Phillips [Full Review]

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War on PC Will Require Up to 250 GB

Activision and Treyarch have revealed the PC specs for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and confirmed that it will require up to 250 GB of storage if you wish to run the latest Call of Duty with Ultra RTX settings.

Fortunately, for those who don’t need to run Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War on the highest settings, it is possible to download Multiplayer only for 50 GB on Minimum Specs and all game modes for 175 GB on Recommended and Competitive Specs.

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It’s also important to note that these requirements are specifically for launch, and will hopefully go down as time goes by. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has also dealt with storage requirements of over 200 GB, but Infinity Ward recently released a patch that gives PC players an option to uninstall specific game modes to reduce its file size.

The full list of official specifications for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War on PC are as follows;

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Minimum Specifications

  • OS: Windows 7 64-Bit (SP1) or Windows 10 64-Bit (v.1803 or higher)
  • CPU: Intel Core i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300
  • RAM: 8GB RAM
  • HDD (at launch): 50GB (MP only), 175GB (all game modes)
  • Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 / GeForce GTX 1650 or Radeon HD 7950
  • DirectX 12 compatible system Required
  • Broadband Internet Connection Required

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Recommended Specifications

These are the recommend specs to run 60GFPS in most situations with all options set to medium:

  • OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600X processor
  • RAM: 12GB RAM
  • HDD (at launch): 175GB HD space
  • Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / GTX 1660 Super or Radeon R9 390 / AMD RX 580
  • DirectX 12 compatible system Required
  • Broadband Internet Connection Required

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Recommended Specifications (Ray Tracing)

  • OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
  • CPU: Intel i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 1800X
  • RAM: 16GB RAM
  • HDD (at launch): 175GB HD space
  • Video: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
  • DirectX 12 compatible system Required
  • Broadband Internet Connection Required

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Competitive Specifications

Here are the competitive specs to run at a high FPS for use with a high refresh monitor:

  • OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest update)
  • CPU: Intel i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 1800X
  • RAM: 16GB RAM
  • HDD (at launch): 175GB HD space
  • Video: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 / RTX 3070 or Radeon RX Vega64 Graphics
  • DirectX 12 compatible system Required
  • Broadband Internet Connection Required

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Ultra RTX Specifications

Here are the Ultra RTX specs to run the game at a high FPS in 4K resolution with Ray Tracing enabled:

  • OS: Windows 10 64 Bit (latest Update)
  • CPU: Intel i9-9900K or AMD Ryzen 3700X
  • RAM: 16GB RAM
  • HDD (at launch): 250GB HD space
  • Video: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
  • DirectX 12 compatible system Required
  • Broadband Internet Connection Required

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War on PC will feature 4K graphics, uncapped framerate, RTX Shadows and Ambient Occlusion, NVIDIA DLSS and Reflex Technology, Ultrawide and Multi-Monitor support and much more. Additionally, developer Beenox worked closely with Treyarch and all other studios to “bring over 200 individual settings to fine tune the PC version of Black Ops Cold War.”

To further explain, RTX Shadows and Ambient Occlusion will allow for more photo-realistic shadows, NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) will use “AI to construct sharp, hi-fidelity images all while rendered fewer pixels,” and NVIDIA Reflex will “aid pros or pros-to-be in ensuring there is as little delay between their click or press and what happens on their screen as possible.”

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Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will be released on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on November 13, 2020.

For more, check out our review in progress for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s Beta, our best tips and tricks for the newest Dirty Bomb mode, everything else we know about the latest Call of Duty game.

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Warframe Details Its Next File Size-Shrinking Update

Warframe is currently going through a file downsize on PC, hoping to cut down its footprint by 15GB across three updates. Now, the second update in what developer Digital Extremes playfully refers to as “The Great Ensmallening” is on its way, and some details and screenshots have been revealed.

In a new Warframe forum post, Digital Extremes has explained that this coming update will focus on textures. “We are anticipating about 8-10 GB of savings with this round after a 10GB download,” the post says–which means that after an update, the overall size of the game will shrink as older files are jettisoned.

While compressing these textures, the developer decided to also touch-up and improve them–meaning that the game will actually look better than it did before.

As the two screens below show, the cut in file size has not led to a cut in image quality.

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The update will arrive for the PC version of Warframe within a week.

Warframe will come to Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 will improvements, and current-gen players will be able to carry their progress over.

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PlayStation CEO Says That The “Future” Of VR Is Still Years Away

The PlayStation 5 begins its global rollout on November 12, and fans are wondering what the next several years of PlayStation are going to look like. Now, PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan has spoken about all things PlayStation in a new interview, and he’s made some interesting comments on the immediate future of VR.

Talking to The Washington Post, Ryan said that he believes the “future” of VR is going to take some time. “I think we’re more than a few minutes from the future of VR,” he said. “We definitely believe at some point in the future, VR will represent a meaningful component of interactive entertainment. Will it be this year? No. Will it be next year? No. But will it come at some stage? We believe that.”

What this means, essentially, is that Sony still believes in VR–having sold 5 million PlayStation VR units–they don’t think the next big step in VR is happening for a while yet. “We’re very pleased with all the experience that we’ve gained with PlayStation VR, and we look forwarding to seeing where that takes us in the future,’ Ryan adds.

While the PS5 will not have a new VR headset at launch–or for a while, by the sound of it–it will support the PS4 VR headset.

Xbox CEO Phil Spencer has previously said that Microsoft is not pursuing VR for the Series X because no one is asking for it.

For more on Sony’s new system, check out GameSpot’s PS5 preview.

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Destiny 2 Transmogrification Won’t Force You To Keep Old Armor

Destiny 2 is getting a lot of changes and new features with the Beyond Light expansion. But for Guardians who like to look fashionable, among the coolest is the addition of armor transmogrification–the ability to wear a piece of gear, but change it to look like another piece. Players have been holding on to a bunch of old pieces of armor waiting for transmogrification to kick in–but Bungie has revealed that you can finally throw all that stuff away.

Transmogrification is a common system in MMOs. Since there are so many pieces of gear in those games, offering so many different looks, transmogrification offers a lot of customization. If you like the stats of a helmet, but not its look, you can use transmog to make it look like a different helmet, while still maintaining the original’s stats; only the cosmetic aspect changes. On Twitter, Bungie revealed that the transmogrification system will work with your Collections tab, rather than armor pieces you’re storing in your vault or on your characters.

The Collections tab keeps a catalogue of every item you’ve earned in Destiny 2, even if you’ve dismantled it for parts or used it with the Infusion system to boost another piece of gear. That’s good news: it means you’ll have access to any piece of armor you’ve ever had for transmogrification. It previously sounded like you would need the actual pieces of gear, and not just the record of having earned it at some point, to make transmog work–and thus, players have been squirreling away their coolest-looking armor pieces, waiting for the system to go live.

So this announcement means Destiny 2 players can go ahead and delete any gear they were holding onto solely for use in transmogrification, and that means many of us will be able to clear up a lot of inventory slots by dismantling armor we don’t need. You should still hold onto any armor you particularly like because of its stats or perks, however.

It’s also worth noting that the transmogrification system isn’t coming with the launch of Beyond Light on November 10. It’s due sometime in Year Four, and if it’s not coming with the expansion, that means it’s not likely until at least early 2021. So while it’s good news that you don’t have to hoard armor for the next three months, we’re still going to have to wait for more armor customizations to actually hit the game.

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Ubisoft CEO Says Beyond Good And Evil 2 Is “Progressing Well”

Beyond Good and Evil 2 is still in the works at Ubisoft, and is apparently progressing nicely. In Ubisoft’s latest earnings report, CEO Yves Guillemot fielded a question about the long-in-development sequel following the departure of Michel Ancel, creator of the series, from the games industry.

Guillemot didn’t drop anything too revealing about the game, but he gave a brief update on how things are going.

“The game is progressing well,” Guillemot said. “The world is really fantastic; as you could see, Netflix also decided to take that universe and create a movie with it. So there’s a lot of progress in that team and the game is coming along very well.”

The Netflix movie was announced in July, and will be directed by Detective Pikachu’s Rob Letterman. Last we heard, it was still in early development.

A release date for Beyond Good and Evil 2 has not yet been announced; a 2021 release is a possibility, but in no way confirmed. It’s also unknown, at this point, which systems the game will launch on.

Ubisoft also announced the delays of Far Cry 6 and Rainbow Six: Quarantine. They won’t arrive until after March 2021.

Ancel, incidentally, is under investigation in the wake of his departure for the work environment he fostered.

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Rogue Planet Discovered Flying Through Milky Way Without a Star

There’s a “rogue planet” flying through the Milky Way galaxy — a free-floating world without a host star. Is it actually a Death Star? The worldships of Marvel villains Annihilus or Galactus? The planet-sized Transformer Unicron? In the year 2020, surely anything is possible but, alas, no.

In a newly published study, scientists announced they have discovered a rogue planet. It appears to be on the smallish side as far as exoplanets go, with a mass reportedly between that of Earth and Mars.

“Our discovery demonstrates that low-mass free-floating planets can be detected and characterized using ground-based telescopes,” announced the study’s co-author Andrzej Udalski, principal investigator of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) project led by the University of Warsaw in Poland.

While astronomers have discovered 4,000 exoplanets to date — and that there may be far more rogue planets out there than there are planets with host stars — detecting a rogue planet is more difficult than it seems because there’s no light from a host star for scientists to use to help spot the planet.

The OGLE project, utilizing the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, spotted the rogue planet using a technique known as gravitational microlensing.

As Space.com explains, this planet-hunting method, “involves watching foreground objects pass in front of distant background stars. When this happens, the closer body can act as a gravitational lens, bending and magnifying the star’s light in ways that can reveal the foreground object’s mass and other characteristics.”

The study’s lead author, Przemek Mroz at the California Institute of Technology, explained just how “extremely slim” the chances of such a microlensing event are because it requires perfect alignment of the light source, the telescope lens, and the observer. “If we observed only one source star, we would have to wait almost a million years to see the source being microlensed,” Mroz said.

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For more science news, read up on the evidence of a parallel universe where time runs backward, a cosmic cloud that has some people claiming “Galactus is coming!“, NASA’s discovery of water on the moon, a black widow star that’s a source of gamma radiation, the frightening 50-50 chance that we really are living in a simulation, and watch footage of the Osiris-Rex probe touching down on an asteroid.

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Nvidia RTX 3070 – Is This The Card To Get?

To accompany our review of the Nvidia RTX 3070, we had a discussion around our benchmark results, which situations it would make sense to upgrade to the card, and how availability can affect your decision. You can check out the full results of our benchmark in our written review, but to summarize it, the RTX 3070 essentially performs on par with the RTX 2080 Ti. That’s impressive considering that the RTX 3070 goes for around $500 MSRP and that the 2080 Ti was last generation’s enthusiast-level card that sold for over $1000.

If you’re trying to get top-notch performance at 4K, the RTX 3080 is a better card but the 3070 can certainly hold its own at that resolution. At 1440p, the performance gap closes somewhat, especially when games start to become more CPU-bound–that’s where the RTX 3070 really shines.

It can be difficult to actually find an RTX 3070 for sale, however. Nvidia has struggled to keep supply up to meet demand and said that things probably won’t get easier until later in 2021. In light of the recent news from AMD about its Radeon RX 6000 series video cards, you might have more options when those cards launch later this year–and we touch on that topic a bit here.

Overall, if you’re still on a GTX 10 series (or GTX 9 series) video card, and have been holding out for a more significant upgrade, the RTX 3070 is one of the best options for its price and performance. If you’re using an RTX 2070 (or better), you won’t get that big of a benefit unless you’re really itching to get better FPS in your games. Ray tracing and DLSS are becoming increasingly common so these RTX cards are more appealing now, and the 3070 makes a strong case as the one to get.