With 'Project Hail Mary' opening in theaters, here are several essential films that explore the strange, high-stakes ...

From isolated lunar bases to interstellar odysseys and distant galaxies, these 15 films explore humanity’s courage, survival ...

Project Hail Mary reminds us how important our world is – and how vital science is to our continued existence on it.

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself?

Oxygen has been the most important gas in our search for life among the cosmos thus far. On Earth, we have it in abundance ...

Debunking alien claims matters, but so does telling richer, more compelling stories about how humans shaped their own past.

It would be easy to dismiss Project Hail Mary as an amalgamation of movies set in space that we have seen over the decades.

The vastness and mystery of the ocean have long captivated filmmakers, offering an atmospheric backdrop for some of the most ...

We are living in a time period where humans are spending less time together than ever, and more and more mechanisms in the market are facilitating this. Cultural trends and a host of demographic ...

Alien Isolation 2 made headlines when the sequel was first announced in October 2024. The announcement was part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the first Alien Isolation game, which was ...

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...