Sound in space. Improbable laser guns. Questionable faster-than-light travel. While much of Star Wars doesn’t hold up to scientific rigor, for the most ...

There are at least 176 known natural moons orbiting planets in our Solar System. While the mystery of what lies on the dark ...

Tales of vampiric creatures have been part of our culture for centuries. Often steeped in fantastical mythos, more modern fictional accounts strip away ...

Once upon a time, scientists actually believed the world was flat, the center of the universe, and composed of four elements. These were ...

Back to the Future. Doctor Who. Futurama. LOST. Fiction loves to use time travel as a vehicle for storytelling, but one pesky topic ...

Science tells us that it is impossible for an object to travel at light speed, let alone faster than that. But so many ...

A recent report from the U.S. National Research Council found that the public does not consider investing money in the space program a ...

The effects of global warming on our environment are becoming increasingly evident. Human-induced or otherwise, climate change is happening, and throughout Earth’s history, ...

Laser guns have been the go-to staple for far-future science fiction for decades. Be they actual lasers or particle-beams that produce an energy ...

From high-resolution satellite photographs of our planet to ultraviolet imagery of the Sun, NASA and the high-tech tools in its arsenal has produced ...

Last month, we discussed the Drake Equation and explored the possibility that not only are we not alone in the universe, but that ...

Fiction loves dropping our favorite characters on to single-biome planets, that is a world with only one predominant ecosystem whether it be all ...