A strange purple object aboard the ISS sparked alien fears online, but NASA revealed it was a potato experiment. It shows how ...

A strange, tentacled object that went viral online was revealed to be a space-grown purple potato. Astronaut Don Pettit ...

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Andy Weir discusses his science-fueled novel “Project Hail Mary,” which has been adapted into a film that opens in theaters ...

As an astrophysicist, my world revolves around the wonders of space and the mysteries of the universe. This means I can be a ...

Alien planets are far away but extreme lasers on Earth are giving scientists a way to investigate what they're like.

We took Andy Weir to a science museum and watched him nerd out with an astrophysicist and about making "Project Hail Mary" ...

Remakes generally fail to live up to the original movie, but these five sci-fi examples managed to both match up to and ...

If you believe humans are bound to discover extra-terrestrial life, you probably fall into one of two broad camps. Either you ...

The textbook grew out of more than a decade of teaching. What began as a graduate seminar evolved into undergraduate and ...

Astronaut Don Pettit recently shared a photo of a tentacled purple object that set social media ablaze. But this is far from ...