Planets that once lived only in pulp novels and movie concept art are now turning up in real data. Astronomers are not just finding distant worlds, they are cataloguing places with molten surfaces, ...

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The science fiction genre is full of fantastical tales of space travel, alien worlds, and horrifying conspiracies that could make your skin crawl. But perhaps the most memorable moments in all sci-fi ...

The possibility of alien life has moved from fiction to scientific inquiry, fueled by government interest in UAP reports. While scientists haven't confirmed alien spacecraft, the universe's vastness ...

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 ...

The latest in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time series is out this month, along with a speculative retelling of Moby-Dick and a forgotten classic from 1936 ...