Ever since physicist Freeman Dyson first proposed the concept in 1960, the "Dyson sphere" has been the holy grail of ...

A team of scientists have been finding out if space weather could be making it harder for us to talk to aliens. Find out more here.

Turbulent plasma near distant stars could blur ultra-narrow signals before they leave their home star systems - making them ...

The reason we haven’t heard from aliens could be remarkably simple: interstellar communication is hard, and turbulent plasma ...

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's lone-astronaut saga wants to be "Interstellar" meets "E.T.," but it's too long and too cutely formulaic.

After decades of sequel rumors, an Off-Broadway stage musical, and a 3-issue Marvel Comics adaptation, Nick Castle's cult 1984 video game-inspired adventure, The Last Starfighter, still hasn't gotten ...

Welcome to The A.V. Club’s monthly comics preview, where we recommend new books to check out over the next few weeks. This month, we’ve got five noteworthy picks, including a collection of sci-fi ...

Netflix's newest original, "War Machine," is an explosive sci-fi action movie, and I've found five similar movies you can stream this weekend.

Hollywood hasn’t had a creative muse like Andy Weir in quite some time. Though not nearly as prolific, his combination of hard-science technical detailing imprinted onto hooky sci-fi ...

The California Forever project envisions a new metropolis—but not everyone is on board.

In her teens, the Mercury prize-winning musician was stuck on tour buses when she should have been on the dancefloor. Now she is throwing herself into club culture – and living on her own terms ...

Local independent record label Cherub Records celebrates 25 years.