The film has inspired online argument about many topics, but much of the debate has centered on the film’s science.

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TOI-4616 b is an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting an M-dwarf that offers a strong benchmark for studying atmospheric loss and ...

Based on hard science fiction, a genre that prioritizes scientific accuracy, the blockbuster gets a lot right but misses a ...

A federal grand jury in Texas on Wednesday indicted two Honduran nationals on charges of conspiracy to transport illegal ...

Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett claimed he was briefed on outer space activity that would cause a stir if publicly revealed.

Artist's impression of the surface of a planet in the Proxima Centauri system. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser. Red dwarfs make up the vast majority of stars in the galaxy. Such ubiquity means they host the ...

Roughly 66 million years ago, scientists believe an enormous meteor, dubbed Chicxulub, smashed into the Earth in an extinction-level event that wiped out 75 percent of life, including the vast ...

WASHINGTON — He needed more space and time. Former President Barack Obama has clarified his casual but dramatic claim that aliens are “real,” caveating that he never came across solid evidence of ...

Sequelitis is a serious problem in the world of cinema. When a masterpiece is made, the executives are eager to capture that lightning in a bottle a second time. That leads to sequels that must be ...

It's a big universe out there, and while we're all for exploring it, a specific subgenre of science fiction movies has hinted that it might be a bad idea. Alien invasion movies have come in droves ...