With 'Project Hail Mary' opening in theaters, here are several essential films that explore the strange, high-stakes ...

A lone astronaut must rely on science and instinct to confront a threat beyond Earth.

Heroism is rarely graceful. More often, it stands awkward and uncertain, but sometimes the only way to face the impossible is with a little courage – and a well-timed joke. Ryan Gosling shines through ...

The actor plays a molecular biologist trying to help save the world in this upbeat science-fiction fantasy from Phil Lord and ...

In an appearance at NASA's JPL, the actor explains why his latest intergalactic role was so 'liberating,' while the movie's directors and author Andy Weir take us behind the scenes.

After decades of “Alien” movies (and their rip-offs) convincing us that deep space alien encounters end with bloody bodily destruction, directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller suggest in their ...

A year ago, the internal civil rights and detention watchdogs were gutted. Now, accountability is out of reach while abuses ...

The science is accessible and Ryan Gosling is a superb Everyman in the excellent space adventure "Project Hail Mary," based on Andy Weir's novel.

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts are in quarantine for the third time, preparing for a historic April mission around the moon.

The new film probes the possibility of alien life – here's how the science of Project Hail Mary stacks up.

Adapted from Andy Weir’s 2021 novel of the same name, the film strands Ryan Gosling's disgraced astrophysicist 2,000 ...