"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir, published in 2021, is one of my youngest son, Luca's, favorite hard science fiction novels. So you can imagine his excitement about the film rights being picked up, ...

A 2006 conference for physicists in the U.S. Virgin Islands that included a trip to Jeffrey Epstein's private island shows how he used his wealth to build relationships with prominent scientists.

Stellar activity and plasma turbulence could distort narrow radio signals before they leave their home planetary systems, potentially explaining part of the long silence in the search for ...

A study by Johns Hopkins University has found that alien microbes could travel between planets on asteroids, meaning humans could be descended from Martians. Astrobiologists have long speculated that ...

The researchers who scan the skies for radio signals from extraterrestrials are now rethinking their approach.

SETI has spent decades listening for a sharp, well-defined radio signal that could indicate it was sent by distant intelligent life. Now researchers believe that space weather could distort and blur s ...

The views from up in the trees showcase the beautiful southern Indiana landscape, with its rolling hills and forests creating ...

Loved Netflix’s War Machine? Here are five must-watch sci-fi action thrillers and military sci-fi films packed with futuristic warfare, alien invasions, and high-stakes battles.

Overview:Science fiction has long been one of gaming’s most exciting genres, transporting players beyond Earth into distant star systems, alien worlds, and futu ...

Tom Cruise, who played Ethan Hunt for one final time in the eighth Mission: Impossible movie, The Final Reckoning. Cruise kicked off his career years ago with more original roles, but in the last few ...

A viral podcast moment last month reignited speculation about extraterrestrials and prompted President Donald Trump’s commitment to kickstarting the release of government files on flying saucers. But ...

Chalk up another victory for “Conan the Bacterium”—a rugged germ that fresh research suggests could conquer the solar system.