Perhaps the reason Project Hail Mary hits the spot in the spring of 2026 is that novelist Andy Weir, who wrote the 2021 novel and also the book The Martian, is fundamentally an optimist. Both stories ...

If a new science fiction film strongly reminds you of a handful of others, how much of a problem is it when those others are among the best things the genre’s done in 25 years? When it comes to the ...

Baby Yoda may have stolen hearts when The Mandalorian aired six years ago, but Star Wars has just introduced one of his replacements. Now better known as Grogu, Baby Yoda became a pop-culture icon ...