In this episode of Space Minds, Senior Staff Writer Jeff Foust moderates a panel at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, the next installment of the Center’s Discovery Series. The panel ...

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Plausible science fiction occupies a space between imagination and inquiry. It does not promise answers so much as ...

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Science fiction shows often emphasize fiction over fidelity to science. Doctor Who famously popularized the pseudoscientific nonsense phrase “reverse the polarity of the neutron flow” in the 1970s, ...

Every generation grows up with starships that jump across galaxies in a heartbeat, but the real universe is far less forgiving than the screen. The same physics that lets GPS satellites work and ...

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 ...

Some sci-fi movies take the genre extra seriously, using accurate technologies to ground their depiction of the future.

The universe is a place of unimaginable beauty and wonder—shimmering galaxies that dance across the cosmic stage, nebulae ...

Back in 2021, Hannah’s love of all things nerdy collided with her passion for writing — and she hasn’t stopped since. She covers pop culture news, writes reviews, and conducts interviews on just about ...

Overview:Science fiction has long been one of gaming’s most exciting genres, transporting players beyond Earth into distant star systems, alien worlds, and futu ...