The “alien” is actually a potato. Specifically, it is a purple tuber nicknamed Spudnik-1, grown and photographed by Pettit.

Seventy years ago this month, he sought out strange new worlds as a proto-Captain Kirk in sci-fi classic "Forbidden Planet".

Rocky was brought to life through a combination of puppetry and visual effects. But his charming personality was the result of a misunderstanding.

In 'Project Hail Mary,' a human and an alien figure out how to cooperate across space. In real life, we can't see that fellow ...

Another interrogation: Are we failing, as a species? What would humanity’s report card be like right now? In these despairing times, Project Hail Mary, full of grace, gives us hope. For our better ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist’s impression of the exoplanet named L 98-59 d, shown with a cutaway to reveal its interior, orbiting a red dwarf star, ...

These forgotten sci-fi TV shows tackled groundbreaking concepts ahead of their time, from virtual reality to alien conspiracies and media dystopia.

It would be easy to dismiss Project Hail Mary as an amalgamation of movies set in space that we have seen over the decades. First and foremost has to be 2015’s The Martian, which presented Matt Damon ...

"There's some moments in the movie where I'm laughing or I'm just so charmed by [Rocky], which is like it's actually my kids," Gosling says Jack Smart is the Movies Staff Writer at PEOPLE. With 10 ...

HALEIWA, Hawaii (Island News) -- A day that was supposed to be a ziplining team bonding … turned into a different kind of activity, really fast. “Within 15 minutes of being at breakfast, we got the ...

What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...

HOLMBY HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Los Angeles Police Department partnered with the nonprofit Project Blue on Saturday to host a "Winter Wonderland" community celebration aimed at strengthening ...