The film that follows — flatly repetitive with far too many wildly misguided and self-serious moments — is turgid from start ...

The fictional biologist in ‘Project Hail Mary’ claims that potential alien organisms might not be made of carbon or require water, unlike life on Earth.

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Life on Earth is a precious thing, especially given what astronomers know about the visible universe. Although researchers have so far identified over 6,000 exoplanets beyond our solar system, only a ...

Out of the 6,000 known exoplanets, it's these rocky worlds that are most worthy of attention in the search for life beyond ...

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

A documentary filmmaker sparked a discussion of advanced Martian civilizations after sharing footage that appeared to depict ...

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself?

Ryan Gosling’s movie star aura elevates Project Hail Mary even when the directors fumble it, writes Alistair Harkness ...

John Carpenter proved he could do far more than horror classics in this formulaic yet compelling 1984 film starring Jeff Bridges and Karen Allen.

By LINDSEY BAHR It’s been a minute since we’ve had a big screen space epic that’s as fun as it is awe inspiring. The last ...

PROJECT HAIL MARY is a science fiction thriller about an Earth astronaut who emerges from hibernation only to find his two crewmates ...