From 2001: A Space Odyssey to WALL-E, Erika Nesvold picks her favourite sci-fi films set in space (and explains why E.T. missed out) Based on the excellent (and more true-to-life) non-fiction book ...

Ever since the birth of science fiction, people have been talking about teleportation. But brand-new technology suggests we may have been looking at it the wrong way… People at PTC are unveiling ...

Are we living in “The Matrix” in real life? In the 1999 science-fiction film, Neo discovers that the universe is a simulation — but one scientist believes that the idea isn’t all fiction ...

From 2001: A Space Odyssey to Moon, Project Hail Mary and Star Trek's holodeck, explore the psychological challenges of astronaut loneliness found in sci-fi, drawing parallels to real-life ISS ...

Space moguls and NASA scientists alike have credited science fiction for helping inspire space exploration. These works stand out the most. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

Since the dawn of the Space Race, science fiction writers have been dramatizing the legal and political dimensions of space exploration. For example, in 1961’s Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert ...

S pace science fiction is a lot of things, but it's never more thrilling than when it takes place in a tiny, fragile ...

In space manufacturing is not science fiction. Access to space is becoming more and more frequent. We call them the CLDs: Commercial Low-Earth orbit Destinations.

The Language of the Night: Essays on writing, science fiction, and fantasy by Ursula K. Le Guin. There are few sci-fi and fantasy writers more brilliant (and revered) than Ursula K. Le Guin.

Science fiction has historically been considered a niche genre, one in which far-flung scenarios play out on distant planets. Today, though, such plots are at the center of our media landscape.