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Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar

From Interstellar to Hidden Figures: 12 of the best space movies

3 August 2021

Interstellar, Moon, Proxima, Alien, Hidden Figures... From science fiction to biographical drama, does your favourite movie about space make our list?


Daisy Ridley as Viola Eade and Tom Holland as Todd Hewitt in Chaos Walking

Chaos Walking review: Unsettling sci-fi that exposes men’s thoughts

12 April 2021

Sci-fi film Chaos Walking, featuring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley, is a disconcerting little masterpiece of sensitive acting and well-judged world-building, says Simon Ings


Einsteins Unfinished Revolution

10 of the best non-fiction science books to read right now

9 June 2020

Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution, A Crack in Creation and Mind Fixers all make our list of fascinating non-fiction books to read at the moment


Steve Carell plays General Naird, chief of the fictional Space Force

Space Force review: The sitcom is almost as comical as the real thing

26 May 2020

The newly created US Space Force has provided a lot of laughs since its inception. A TV satire about it is almost as funny as the original, says Simon Ings


We know the best spots to look for alien life – can we get to them?

We know the best spots to look for alien life – can we get to them?

22 April 2020

Extraterrestrial oceans are an obvious place to search for alien life, but getting there and having a look won't be easy, says NASA's Kevin Hand in his book Alien Oceans


How a Soviet space station became a symbol of space cooperation

How a Soviet space station became a symbol of space cooperation

4 September 2019

Many disasters befell the space station Mir, not least the collapse of the state that built it – but it showed how nations could come and work together in orbit


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