Some writers focus on moral subtext in their works. Others, an overarching lesson. But for Andy Weir, there’s only one driving approach to creating his bestselling novels: science first. “There’s ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Desert Research Institute (DRI) will partner with NASA to track and forecast how wildfire smoke moves across Nevada and beyond, thanks to a $1 million federal grant. The funding ...

It’s a well-known joke in science fiction fandom circles that the silliest thing about the Star Trek franchise is the lack of seatbelts on various Starfleet craft. That said, in the 1960s, Star Trek ...

Movies are magic, and if you need proof, just read about how Project Hail Mary's directors crafted one of the most beautiful scenes.

I, like so many others of that generation lost to the internet, have been thinking about friction lately. How technology’s promise of seamless interconnection across people, geographies, and time has ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What would you do if you woke up on a spaceship light-years from Earth without knowing why you're there? Weir: It's actually ...

Screenwriter Drew Goddard faithfully translated The Martian and Project Hail Mary, but he skips the darkest parts of their humor ...

Rocky, the extraterrestrial creature befriended by Ryan Gosling’s astronaut-scientist in the sci-fi dramedy Project Hail Mary, is such an odd creature that you’ve almost certainly never imagined ...

The No. 1 movie on Netflix this weekend — by a long shot — was a sci-fi actioner called “War Machine,” starring “Reacher” breakout Alan Ritchson, but what many might not know is the film was actually ...