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Dressed in a spacesuit which is a replica of the one worn by Tim Peake on his mission to the International Space Station

Space

Project Hail Mary review: Andy Weir conjures a new tale of space peril

In the latest sci-fi novel from The Martian author, Andy Weir, an unlikely duo battle to avert the decline of our sun (and the collapse of life on Earth)

Culture

(Left to right) Shamier Anderson, Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim and Toni Collette in Stowaway

Space

Stowaway review: A claustrophobic and philosophical space thriller

Culture

Tula (Sharon Duncan-Brewster) with Cady (Eleanor Tomlinson, left) and Genevieve (Diany Samba-Bandza, right) in Intergalactic

Space

Intergalactic review: A promising prison-break drama set in 2143

Culture

Back view of woman with long red hair wearing black coat and heeled boots standing on hillside looking at sunset over valley of city lights

Technology

Klara and the Sun review: Ishiguro's thought-provoking future for AI

Culture

Elja is given a strange cube in Tribes of Europa

Technology

Netflix’s Tribes of Europa review: Games of Thrones, but with Brexit

Culture

Jamie Dornan (left) and Anthony Mackie (right)

Mind

Synchronic review: A genuinely hair-raising time travel thriller

Culture

George Clooney as Augustine and Caoilinn Springall as Iris

Environment

The Midnight Sky review: George Clooney in a moving sci-fi drama

Culture

Possessor review: One of the best and smartest films of the decade

Technology

Possessor review: One of the best and smartest films of the decade

Culture

Lyra (Dafne Keen) and Will (Amir Wilson) explore a strange new world

Physics

His Dark Materials review: Season 2 is spine-chillingly excellent

Culture

Black Box review: Smart sci fi plays with identity, fate and death

Humans

Black Box review: Smart sci fi plays with identity, fate and death

Black Box is an intelligent and melancholy sci-fi film in which a man who loses his memory in a car crash takes extreme steps to get his life back, writes Simon Ings

Culture

Space

11 of the best sci-fi books that transport you to another world

Culture

Humans

The World Engines series reveals the high cost of conquering space

Culture

Humans

Afterland review: A thought-provoking tale of life without men

Culture

Humans

Brave New World review: Dystopian TV without lessons for today

Culture