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Cady Coleman appears in The Longest Goodbye by Ido Mizrahy, an official selection of the World Documentary Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. | Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls. All photos are copyrighted and may be used by the press only for the purpose of news or editorial coverage of Sundance Institute programs. Photos must be accompanied by a credit to the photographer and/or 'Courtesy of Sundance Institute.' Unauthorized use, alteration, reproduction or sale of logos and/or photos is strictly prohibited.

The Longest Goodbye review: A poignant documentary on space psychology

15 February 2023

Astronaut Cady Coleman playing duets with her Earth-bound son is among the moving and candid moments from The Longest Goodbye, Ido Mizrahy's poignant exploration of the psychology of space travel


Springtime on Mars: Hubble's Best View of the Red Planet

The First City on Mars review: How to make life on Mars a reality

8 February 2023

Living on Mars will take enormous work, but urban planner Justin Hollander is already on the case in this guide to settling the Red Planet


Good Night Oppy

Good Night Oppy review: Hybrid doc is the best Pixar movie never made

23 November 2022

The incredible true story of Mars rover Opportunity turns into a moving, inspirational and downright personal tale of a little machine millions of kilometres from home


Visitors inside the Off-World section of the exhibition, while a swarm of bioluminescent creatures emerge above their heads

Voyage to the Edge of Imagination review: A compelling new sci-fi show

9 November 2022

A new exhibition at the Science Museum isn't so much about science fiction, as it is about involving you in a journey through the cosmos


MOONFALL

Moonfall review: Finally an apocalypse movie that’s fun to watch

4 February 2022

Moonfall is a disaster movie that starts slow, but when it gets going it is packed with action, incredible special effects and spooky tentacles emerging from a lunar crater. Despite the subject matter, the film succeeds in taking itself fairly seriously


Cosmogramma review: An eclectic mix of sci-fi and cosmic horror tales

Cosmogramma review: An eclectic mix of sci-fi and cosmic horror tales

10 November 2021

An exciting collection of short stories by Courttia Newland covers a lot of interesting ground, finds Robyn Chowdhury


Sam Neill in Invasion

Invasion review: A slow-moving, tedious disaster drama

22 October 2021

Apple TV’s Invasion follows various characters as they pick up on hints of alien activity. But many of them regularly make reckless, nonsensical decisions that frustratingly lead to minimal payoff, says Josh Bell


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?


Lily-Rose Depp stars as Sela

Voyagers review: Lord of the Flies in space is full of mystery

29 June 2021

Voyagers follows a group of genetically engineered children on their way to a distant planet. It has some good acting, but the film doesn't quite live up to its promise


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

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

15 May 2021

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)


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