As an astrophysicist, my world revolves around the wonders of space and the mysteries of the universe. This means I can be a tough critic of science fiction books and films that explore these topics.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch is training for Artemis II, a mission to orbit the Moon. Learn about her space experience, training, and role in this upcoming deep space flight.

Reid Wiseman, NASA astronaut and former Navy pilot, will command Artemis II. Learn about his education, career, spaceflight experience, and role in NASA’s first crewed mission around the Moon.

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Researchers have published the first major results from the American Gut Project -- a crowdsourced, global citizen science effort. The project is the largest published study to date of the human ...

The science fiction blockbuster wowed audiences with its depiction of space travel and more. Here's what NASA staff and other ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. [CLIP: The spaceship Hail Mary’s operating system (played by Priya Kansara) speaks in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The much-anticipated sci-fi film Project Hail Mary is out in theaters today. In it, light-eating alien microbes sap the sun’s ...

What would you do if you woke up on a spaceship light-years from Earth without knowing why you’re there? Project Hail Mary opens in theaters March 20. Ahead of the film’s release, Astronomy spoke with ...

The stars where "Project Hail Mary" takes place, and possibly the planets orbiting them, are very real. We’d expect nothing less from Andy Weir, whose reputation for scientific accuracy helped define ...