In an interview with Rolling Stones magazine back in 1977, George Lucas discussed some of the anxieties that he had during ...

New books by William Alexander, Claire North and qntm examine new technologies and unexplored worlds with verve.

Stop me if you've heard this before: in the distant future, a ragtag group of pilots will wage war against an oppressive empire that reigns over the stars. At first glance, this could describe any ...

Tech companies are claiming machines more intelligent than us and capable of having their own agendas are just around the ...

I'm a huge fan of Star Wars. The first movie (no, not Episode 1) came out when I was young, so I grew up thinking about the Millennium Falcon and lightsabers. Perhaps it sparked my interest in science ...

Emily H. Wilson is wild for this sci-fi novel: I’ve not heard our sci-fi columnist recommend a book so wholeheartedly in all the time she’s written for us. It follows Mawukana na-Vdnaze, a deep-space ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Do you love anime? Do you also love Star Wars? Of course you do, that’s why you’re here. But do ...

Just 48 short years ago, movie director George Lucas used the phrase "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" as the opening to the first "Star Wars" movie, later labeled "Episode IV: A New Hope." ...

With the 50th anniversary of the release of Star Wars in 2027, it's time to say goodbye to this spent franchise.

It wasn’t really until the late 19th century that fiction begin to engage with scientific possibility. The French novelist ...

In this episode of Space Minds, Senior Staff Writer Jeff Foust moderates a panel at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, the next installment of the Center’s Discovery Series. The panel ...

One of my most anticipated books of the year is out this month: a collection of short stories set in the post-apocalyptic devastation of Stephen King’s The Stand. I love a good end-times story, and ...