Plausible science fiction occupies a space between imagination and inquiry. It does not promise answers so much as ...

In this episode of Space Minds, Senior Staff Writer Jeff Foust moderates a panel at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, the next installment of the Center’s Discovery Series. The panel ...

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Science fiction and space stuff aren't that far removed from everyday things. Sounds odd? Eric Geusz, also known as Spacegooose on his social media and art platforms, proves it by using regular items ...

Isaac Asimov is, in many ways, the father of modern science fiction. He popularized concepts like "the robot" and even gifted us the Three Laws of Robotics. Asimov's own works have also been adapted ...

Arnie said, "Get your a* to Mars", but is it really a good idea? We asked the experts about our Martian future.

Emily H. Wilson is wild for this sci-fi novel: I’ve not heard our sci-fi columnist recommend a book so wholeheartedly in all the time she’s written for us. It follows Mawukana na-Vdnaze, a deep-space ...

Some sci-fi movies take the genre extra seriously, using accurate technologies to ground their depiction of the future.

The author of the Red Rising series recommends books cloaked in myth that use fantastic adventures to explore what it means to be human. By Pierce Brown Pierce Brown is the number-one New York Times ...