A strange purple object aboard the ISS sparked alien fears online, but NASA revealed it was a potato experiment. It shows how ...

Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

A strange, tentacled object that went viral online was revealed to be a space-grown purple potato. Astronaut Don Pettit ...

As the science fiction author publishes the latest novel in his Children of Time series, Children of Strife, he talks to ...

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

Andy Weir discusses his science-fueled novel “Project Hail Mary,” which has been adapted into a film that opens in theaters ...

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

As an astrophysicist, my world revolves around the wonders of space and the mysteries of the universe. This means I can be a ...

Not even an asteroid blast could kill it.

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

If you believe humans are bound to discover extra-terrestrial life, you probably fall into one of two broad camps. Either you ...

Over the decades, the depiction of artificial intelligence has evolved from sci-fi villain to systemic reality.