Author Andy Weir knows a thing or two about science-fiction, but he has a major issue with Christopher Nolan's Interstellar.

Something is hiding inside Kepler-51d, and it’s doing a remarkably good job of it. About 2,615 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, this peculiar world orbits a young Sun-like star every 130 ...

Distinguishing between brown dwarfs and giant planets has confused astronomers, but a clear separating factor has finally been identified.

Project Hail Mary's scene-stealing alien Rocky has a hilarious history, and these details aren't even found in the film.

Scientists have uncovered the oldest direct evidence yet that Earth’s tectonic plates were on the move 3.5 billion years ago. By analyzing magnetic fingerprints in ancient rocks, they reconstructed ...

The great Walt Whitman is often attributed with the saying, “Be curious, not judgmental.” Whether or not he really uttered those words, it’s a powerful reminder to always look at the world with ...

If you've read Project Hail Mary, you know it's packed with pages and pages of science. Between Rocky the alien and the mysterious Petrova Line in outer space to those deadly Astrophage organisms, it ...

Researchers have uncovered 3.5 billion-year-old evidence of tectonic plate movement, providing a dramatic shift in how we view Earth's early geological history.

Sci-fi stories ask “what if,” and they answer “then what.” Whether the film is an exciting blockbuster, a tiny and ambitious indie enigma, a terrifying horror story or a depressing work of severe ...

President Donald Trump and his NASA administrator are reviving the Pluto debate again — apparently at the urging of “Star ...

Astronomers have found a 710-metre-wide asteroid that spins once every 1.9 minutes, so fast that it should have spun itself ...

As he gets his bearings, he recalls that he was sent on a last-ditch mission, Project Hail Mary, to save the sun and everyone on Earth. No pressure! These early moments make it clear that screenwriter ...