Perhaps the reason Project Hail Mary hits the spot in the spring of 2026 is that novelist Andy Weir, who wrote the 2021 novel and also the book The Martian, is fundamentally an optimist. Both stories ...

The fictional biologist in ‘Project Hail Mary’ claims that potential alien organisms might not be made of carbon or require water, unlike life on Earth.

We took Andy Weir to a science museum and watched him nerd out with an astrophysicist and about making "Project Hail Mary" ...

We took a look at how close our real world is to some of the most remarkable parts of Ryan Gosling’s sci-fi blockbuster. The ...

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s ...

It’s been a minute since we’ve had a big screen space epic that’s as fun as it is awe inspiring. The last memorable one might have been “The Martian,” so perhaps it shouldn’t be all that surprising ...

The long-awaited adaptation of “Project Hail Mary” is in theaters now. The 2021 book is considered one of the best science ...

But not all sci-fi books are part of a series. There are a great number of standalone books that tell complete stories that are just as impressive as any series or franchise. Here are six such books, ...

That's a reasonably good précis of Weir's third novel, Project Hail Mary, which has now been adapted into blockbuster movie form. Directed by Chris Miller and Phil Lord and starring Ryan Gosling, it's ...

Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were in the midst of their largest production ever, the $200 million science-fiction adventure “Project Hail Mary.” They were shooting some of the movie’s early ...

Remakes generally fail to live up to the original movie, but these five sci-fi examples managed to both match up to and outshine their inspirations.

Ryan Gosling anchors Project Hail Mary, a visually striking, character-focused sci-fi about an unlikely alien friendship that shines despite some rushed late-film science.