Screenwriter Drew Goddard rejoined "The Martian" writer Andy Weir and fought to preserve the author's vision: "Whenever ...

Project Hail Mary reminds us how important our world is – and how vital science is to our continued existence on it.

So, first contact with aliens. What would it be like. Hostile? Terrifying? What if it were funny. Connecting. Endearingly human-like, despite involving a life form utterly different from us. What if ...

In 1899, in the village of Bagicz in northwestern Poland, a stretch of eroding cliff gave way — and sent something extraordinary tumbling into view. A wooden log coffin, carved from a single oak trunk ...

Weir—who also wrote the novel that became The Martian—picks inspirational works from Isaac Asimov, Iain Banks, and George Lucas.

Ryan Gosling joins TODAY’s Sheinelle Jones and guest co-host Nia Long to talk about his role in the new film “Project Hail Mary” where he plays a middle school science teacher who goes to space to ...

In one of the biggest surprises of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged ...

In an appearance at NASA's JPL, the actor explains why his latest intergalactic role was so 'liberating,' while the movie's directors and author Andy Weir take us behind the scenes.

Ahead of the film adaptation’s release, Weir talked to Popular Mechanics about creating accurate sci-fi tech, protagonist ...

Andy Weir discusses his science-fueled novel “Project Hail Mary,” which has been adapted into a film that opens in theaters ...

Science Textbook Controversies “In 1969 the California Board of Education issued new guidelines for the biology curriculum of the state’s public schools. The guidelines ...

A great deal of Ryan Gosling’s journey through the film “Project Hail Mary” unfolded in solitude. The “La ​La Land” actor ...