The film has inspired online argument about many topics, but much of the debate has centered on the film’s science.

Based on hard science fiction, a genre that prioritizes scientific accuracy, the blockbuster gets a lot right but misses a ...

The Jupiter-sized planet orbits a relatively small star roughly four times the size of Jupiter and about 40 per cent the mass ...

Explore the fascinating science and alien life in 'Project Hail Mary,' highlighting Rocky and the star system 40 Eridani.

This post was updated April 2 at 8:23 p.m. Warning: spoilers ahead. All hail “Project Hail Mary,” a faithful and stellar ...

These findings suggest that the absence of past detections does not mean discovery is imminent. If extraterrestrial ...

Ahead of the 'Smiling Friends' series finale, claymation artist Lee Hardcastle explained how a throwaway gag morphed into an ...

With college students less likely to read through a full textbook than they once were, video games can help keep them engaged ...

In “What We Are Seeking,” the cult author Cameron Reed returns to show us a strange, totally alien world that somehow feels ...

The “alien” is actually a potato. Specifically, it is a purple tuber nicknamed Spudnik-1, grown and photographed by Pettit.

Finding life beyond our solar system goes beyond measuring an exoplanet's size, as rocky, Earth-sized worlds might not have ...

The Martian,” directed by Ridley Scott in 2015 and adapted from Andy Weir’s sci-fi novel of the same name, follows astronaut Mark Watney surviving while isolated on Mars using the pieces of technology ...