3 July 2023
From George R. R. Martin’s new Wild Cards anthology to Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah's dystopian take on America, there is a wealth of exciting science fiction out this month. Culture editor Alison Flood shares the novels she is most anticipating
6 March 2023
Classical relativity suggests that nothing could pass through a wormhole and exit, but quantum effects change that, says space reporter Leah Crane
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
3 August 2021
Interstellar, Moon, Proxima, Alien, Hidden Figures... From science fiction to biographical drama, does your favourite movie about space make our list?
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
22 April 2021
Netflix 's Stowaway, starring Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson and Toni Collette, tells the story of a space crew who face an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger compromises the lives of everyone on board
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
9 September 2020
The X Prize Foundation CEO on her unique experience as the first self-funded woman to fly to the International Space Station, and how innovation could help us cope with the covid-19 pandemic
1 March 2019
SpaceX plans an uncrewed test flight of the Dragon spacecraft on 2 March, which will carry cargo and an astronaut dummy to the International Space Station
3 October 2018
Japan has just dropped off its third lander on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu. It has less than a day to complete its mission before its batteries run out
