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'Strange New Worlds' latest episode wastes a lot of time pretending to kill off major 'Star Trek' characters
By Richard Edwards Published
The impending death of a major character isn't a threat when canon is there to save them.

'Star Wars: Zero Company' recaptures the magic of your favorite Star Wars films (review)
By Hayes Madsen Published
Bitreactor's blend of XCOM combat and a smaller-stakes story nails what makes the Star Wars franchise so special.

'Aliens: The Video Games' author Mike Diver on overlooked Alien games, tracking down retro game developers, and the future of the Xenomorph (interview)
By Fran Ruiz Published
We chat to author Mike Diver about this complete chronicle of Alien video games.

'Ghosts of Mars' at 25: Are we any closer to living on the Red Planet? We asked the experts
By Sergio Pereira Published
John Carpenter's 'Ghosts of Mars' explored a future where Mars is terraformed, but is it closer to becoming a reality? We spoke to the experts to find out.

It's been 20 years since Pluto lost planet status. Will it ever get its title back?
By Keith Cooper Published
The reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet continues to stir up a hornet's nest of controversy and debate, as Space.com meets one astronomer who believes the decision to have been a mistake.

'We Want to Believe' book explores the reality of UFOs: 'It's always going to be more likely that someone is wrong about what they saw' (interview)
By Jeff Spry Published
Acclaimed literary critic and Senior Editor at The Atlantic Adam Kirsch explores humanity's insatiable drive to wonder at unidentified phenomena in the skies.

'Wet Hot American Summer': The raunchy 2000s comedy that was actually about a space station falling to Earth
By Chelsea Gohd Published
Reminiscing about the summer camp Skylab disaster movie on its 25th anniversary.

Ludicrous, nonsensical, an affront to canon — 'Strange New Worlds'' puppet episode is an instant classic
By Richard Edwards Published
It could have been a disaster, but "Star Trek"'s collaboration with the Jim Henson Company is a hilarious masterpiece

13 sci-fi books that inspired our favorite shows and movies
By Harry Bennett Published
These are the books that inspired our favorite science fiction worlds on the big and small screens, including novels from Andy Weir, Emily St. John Mandel and Mary Shelley.

I sailed to Greenland for a total solar eclipse — what I saw left me speechless
By Daisy Dobrijevic Published
I understood the science and had seen thousands of eclipse photographs, but nothing prepared me for the emotion of watching totality unfold above the icebergs and fjords of East Greenland.
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