Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known exoplanets that may have the right conditions to support life. Using new ...

A scientist has revealed exactly what Project Hail Mary gets wrong about astrophysics – as well as the parts of the blockbuster that are bang on. Based on the bestselling sci-fi novel by Andy Weir, ...

As an astrophysicist, my world revolves around the wonders of space and the mysteries of the universe. This means I can be a tough critic of science fiction books and films that explore these topics.

NEW YORK – I should’ve known bringing Andy Weir to a science museum was like bringing a kid to a candy store and asking them to keep their hands in their pockets. The book may be dense with what ...

The much-anticipated sci-fi film Project Hail Mary is out in theaters today. In it, light-eating alien microbes sap the sun’s energy, threatening life on Earth with extinction. To find a solution, an ...

Project Hail Mary stars Ryan Gosling as a science teacher who wakes up aboard a spaceship on a one-way mission to save Earth — but with no memory of how he got there. It's based on a novel of the same ...

In Project Hail Mary, Dr. Ryland Grace is a humble schoolteacher who one day awakens to find he’s been launched into space as humanity’s last hope for survival. Given the meteoric rise to fame of ...

What would you do if you woke up on a spaceship light-years from Earth without knowing why you’re there? Project Hail Mary opens in theaters March 20. Ahead of the film’s release, Astronomy spoke with ...

Once in a while, a movie comes along that reminds us why the big screen still matters. "Project Hail Mary" is one of those movies for me. It's big, funny, heartfelt, a little nerdy and surprisingly ...

Andy Weir, perhaps best-known for his now-classic science fiction book-turned-movie The Martian, has produced another fantastical and deeply science-based book in Project Hail Mary. This book, which ...