Concept artist and illustrator Tano Bonfanti shows how he melds an anime style with cyberpunk and space western vibes.

Space moguls and NASA scientists alike have credited science fiction for helping inspire space exploration. These works stand out the most.

In sci-fi films, nothing raises tension quite like the good guys' spaceship getting caught in an invisible tractor beam that allows the baddies to slowly reel them in. And now scientists are ...

Science fiction in the 1970s and 80s had a sensuality that has since become neutered, with studios opting for a more child-friendly, sanitised approach to character and world-building.

New concepts funded by NASA may seem like science fiction, but they could change how we explore space. Some ideas include a space plane on a Saturn moon, self-growing bricks on Mars and telescopes ...