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Out of the 6,000 known exoplanets, it's these rocky worlds that are most worthy of attention in the search for life beyond our planet.

Meet the three young scientists who are set to represent South Africa at the Beijing Youth Science Creation Competition, tackling critical issues in agriculture, sustainability, and food safety.

" Project Hail Mary ", the new movie based on author Andy Weir's book of the same name, is a wild romp through the cosmos.

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

In an appearance at NASA's JPL, the actor explains why his latest intergalactic role was so 'liberating,' while the movie's directors and author Andy Weir take us behind the scenes.

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Star Wars had been released in theaters and changed everything about the way Hollywood perceived the genre, and television executives wanted in on that cash-grab just as much as movie executives. In ...

Ryan Gosling stars alongside Sandra Huller and an alien in this superb adaptation of the Andy Weir bestseller.

Bacteria and the viruses that infect them are perpetually at war. Their deadly clashes push both kinds of microbes to evolve ...