Planets that once lived only in pulp novels and movie concept art are now turning up in real data. Astronomers are not just ...

Trends in the way that exoplanets are depicted in science fiction (sf) have changed since the first real exoplanet around a sun-like star was discovered in 1995, says a new study from researchers at ...

Although science fiction is not real, several shows base their ideas on what we know about science relating to space and time ...

Astrophysicists are uncovering planets that echo worlds from the works of James Cameron, Andy Weir and George Lucas. Take a look. THE MULTI-STAR SYSTEM: Alpha Centauri James Cameron’s Avatar (2009) is ...

We’re sorry to disappoint Star Trek fans, but the exoplanet often compared to Mr. Spock’s fictional world has turned out to be nothing more than star flickers ...

In the Star Wars movies fictional planets are covered with forests, oceans, deserts, and volcanoes. But new models from a team of MIT, NASA, and Carnegie scientists begin to describe an even wider ...