Discover how the groundbreaking idea of a space elevator is moving from science fiction to reality as leading innovators in Japan and China invest in this futuristic technology. Learn about the ...

A science fiction classic made nearly a hundred years ago was ahead of its time and was even banned by the Nazi government to ...

Every generation grows up with starships that jump across galaxies in a heartbeat, but the real universe is far less forgiving than the screen. The same physics that lets GPS satellites work and ...

There’s a pervasive idea in science fiction that the stars themselves could power our adventures among the stars. In Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, Count Dooku flies away on a Solar Sailer, while ...

Imagine taking an elevator to space. Or blasting off in a nuclear rocket. That might sound like science fiction, but scientists are racing to develop new, more efficient methods of space travel - and ...

Some sci-fi movies take the genre extra seriously, using accurate technologies to ground their depiction of the future.

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Past Futures: Science Fiction, Space Travel, and Postwar Art of the Americas, on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, March 5-June ...

New research in orbital semiconductors, space-based metal 3D printing, and in-space recycling pushes production beyond and reveals lessons for advanced manufacturing on ...

Plausible science fiction occupies a space between imagination and inquiry. It does not promise answers so much as ...