The new film probes the possibility of alien life – here's how the science of Project Hail Mary stacks up.
Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s ...
If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...
Scientists have identified 45 Earth-like exoplanets that are the strongest known candidates for hosting extraterrestrial life.
Evidence of alien life or cosmic pyramid scheme? A documentary filmmaker sparked a discussion of advanced Martian ...
Oxygen has been the most important gas in our search for life among the cosmos thus far. On Earth, we have it in abundance ...
At the keynote panel at SXSW, Steven Spielberg revealed his beliefs that "we are not alone here on Earth right now." ...
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 ...
Project Hail Mary,” the movie adaptation to Andy Weir’s 2021 novel about a science teacher attempting to save the Earth from sun-eating microbes, was rel ...