A planet is about to be destroyed by the collapse of a binary star system in Slow Gods, Claire North’s first venture into ...

The industry keeps echoing ideas from bleak satires and cyberpunk stories as if they were exciting possibilities, not grim ...

The comic book industry has given Hollywood some of its greatest movies, but fans often forget the stories that came before ...

Nearly 60 years ago, the original Star Trek series ignited a dream in the public’s imagination: that one day, people would travel the galaxy in ships propelled by faster-than-light “warp drives.” The ...

Every year, science fiction fans from across the globe visit a nature reserve in search of an alien landing site. A sandpit ...

Isaac Asimov is one of the most prolific and celebrated science fiction authors ever, and his works have been adapted to film ...

In recent years, thanks to the expansion of science fiction publishing platforms, the establishment of awards and incentive mechanisms, and the support of provincial governments, China's science ...

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Aided by the gravitational pull of Venus and the sun, NASA's Parker Solar Probe became the fastest man-made object in history when it launched in August 2018—yet its top speed is still less than 1% of ...

The word "robotics" might sound modern, but its origins are surprisingly old. The term “robot” first showed up in a 1920 play called R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) by Czech writer Karel Čapek. In ...