Want to know how the Millennium Falcon compares in size to an Imperial Star Destroyer? Just watch a Star Wars movie. But if you want to know how that hunk of junk compares to the Battlestar Galactica, ...

Trends in the way that exoplanets are depicted in science fiction (sf) have changed since the first real exoplanet around a sun-like star was discovered in 1995, says a new study from researchers at ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eric Mack is a reporter covering science, sustainability and space. It’s been a while since we’ve heard about that made-up rogue ...

Scientists have discovered planets orbiting a binary star system just like the fictional planet Tatooine, in a solar system far, far away. The researchers found the planet by accident as they ...

Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have discovered a planet orbiting a pair of stars at a 90-degree angle. Reminiscent of the fictional planet Tatooine from Star Wars, the ...

Astrophysicists are uncovering planets that echo worlds from the works of James Cameron, Andy Weir and George Lucas. Take a look. THE MULTI-STAR SYSTEM: Alpha Centauri James Cameron’s Avatar (2009) is ...

A planet thought to orbit the star 40 Eridani A—host to Mr. Spock's fictional home planet, Vulcan, in the "Star Trek" universe—is really a kind of astronomical illusion caused by the pulses and ...

We’re sorry to disappoint Star Trek fans, but the exoplanet often compared to Mr. Spock’s fictional world has turned out to be nothing more than star flickers ...

The 2019 science fiction thriller Dark Encounter (now streaming on Peacock!) starts in the winter of 1982 when Ray and Olivia return to their home and find that their 8-year-old daughter Maisie is ...

In the Star Wars movies fictional planets are covered with forests, oceans, deserts, and volcanoes. But new models from a team of MIT, NASA, and Carnegie scientists begin to describe an even wider ...