Crimes of the Future, Dune, Project Hail Mary, The Beast, and more make up our list of the best hard sci-fi movies of the ...

Alex Garland's Devs blends emotional realism with complex scientific concepts, creating a story of loss, grief, and the ...

Frank Poole (Gary Lockwood) and Dave Bowman (Keir Dullea) try to have a private conversation as HAL looks on from behind in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Image via Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Hard science fiction is ...

There are very few “good” hard science-fiction anime out there, but Planetes is definitely one of them, albeit one wrapped in a warm, cosy blanket of comedy. Set in 2075, Planetes deals with the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. As the recent Worldcon 2025 Convention here in Seattle ...

We all (I hope) love books, but a spoken phrase permits nuances denied to its written form. Take, for example, "science fiction." I am saying the words aloud, but you cannot tell if my tone conveys ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hard space sci-fi is where storytelling meets the raw edge of scientific reality. It’s not about bending the rules of physics—it’s ...