Before the 1990s, science fiction inadvertently fostered the impression that habitable, earthlike planets were abundant. Exoplanet findings have tempered this optimism.

In 1928 the writer Jack Williamson recounted Gernsback’s view: Science fiction “takes the basis of science . . . and then adds a thing that is alien to science—imagination. It lights the way.” ...

Science fiction has always had a habit of creating content ahead of its time. Books, movies, and shows have long created ...

We love sci-fi movies for their bold ideas that help us imagine the future of the Earth and life on distant planets. But sometimes we come across film ...

Gravitational assists are an emblematic example of why space travel is hard —it is exactly rocket science, after all. Gravity ...

You know, planets around binary stars were first predicted by science fiction before it became science reality. The universe is really interesting and there's lots of stuff going on!” ...

Are we living in “The Matrix” in real life? In the 1999 science-fiction film, Neo discovers that the universe is a simulation — but one scientist believes that the idea isn’t all fiction ...

This week, see zombie fungi trapped in an amber fossil, explore the sun’s hidden south pole, meet tool-using whales that ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. (THE CONVERSATION) Living in today’s age of ambitious robotic exploration of Mars, with an ...

We love us a good science fiction gameplay experience and fortunately it looks like 2025 will have plenty of them to enjoy. #25 Split Fiction Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC ...