From "Babylon 5" to "Elysium," some of the best science fiction on screen has involved a space station. Some space stations play integral roles in their films or shows while others merely appear ...

Science-fiction writers, always seeking new settings for stories, soon portrayed space habitats in their novels. Examples include Ben Bova's Colony (1978), Mack Reynolds' Chaos in Lagrangia (1984 ...

Lumley has become a national treasure – but Sapphire & Steel showcases her ability to chill rather than thrill her audience. Is Godzilla science fiction? Does it matter when the famous lizard is ...

What are the greatest spaceships of science fiction? From the Millennium Falcon to Dr Who's Tardis, ... This is a massive space station that actually looks like another world.

In the latest episode of the Fiction Science podcast, Suarez points out that Princeton physicist Gerard K. O’Neill, Bezos’ space mentor, had the idea first.

From 2001: A Space Odyssey to Moon, Project Hail Mary and Star Trek's holodeck, explore the psychological challenges of astronaut loneliness found in sci-fi, drawing parallels to real-life ISS ...

"It's a mind-blowing meta experience to read science fiction on board the space station," he says. Ion propulsion in real life. When he was a kid, NASA's Marc Rayman, 61, ...

It may be hot outside, but this season offers no fewer than three books that could raise goosebumps at high noon with no shade. The first is “Ghost Station” by S. A. Barnes. Her 2022 novel ...

Space moguls and NASA scientists alike have credited science fiction for helping inspire space exploration. ... One of their astronauts wanted to call … from the space station.

Power stations in space sounds like an idea from science fiction – and in fact it is an idea from science fiction: in 1941, Isaac Asimov’s story Reason described a space station that transmits ...