Movies like "Disclosure Day" and "Project Hail Mary" renew our fascination with extraterrestrials and the idea that humankind is not alone in the universe.

"These ultra-low density planets are rare and they defy conventional understanding of how gas giants form, and if explaining how one formed wasn't difficult enough, this system has three!" ...

Life on Earth is a precious thing, especially given what astronomers know about the visible universe. Although researchers have so far identified over 6,000 exoplanets beyond our solar system, only a ...

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

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s treacly alien buddy comedy about an astronaut stranded in outer space gives even the most curmudgeonly among us things to laugh at.

Ryan Gosling's "Project Hail Mary" costar is a high-maintenance creature with his own "glam squad." The actor introduces us to Rocky, a lovable alien.

The new film probes the possibility of alien life – here's how the science of Project Hail Mary stacks up.

Experts from the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University have pinpointed 45 Earth-like planets that could have perfect ...

In their two decades making movies together, Phil Lord and Chris Miller have shown a particular talent in making inanimate objects come alive ...

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

The actor plays a molecular biologist trying to help save the world in this upbeat science-fiction fantasy from Phil Lord and ...

The Phil Lord and Christopher Miller film, based on Andy Weir’s novel, pairs Ryan Gosling with an alien named Rocky on a mission to save Earth from a dying sun.