The author of the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club on the science that lies behind his novel Alien Clay, set on a prison planet where the biology is very different to that on Earth ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on reentering the ...

In “What Fell From the Sky,” by Adrianna Cuevas, and “Oasis,” by Guojing, the best examples of humanity aren’t necessarily human.

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

From contact with aliens courtesy of Adrian Tchaikovsky to the childhood writings of Octavia E. Butler, February’s sci-fi ...

This is a manifesto disguised as a novel and makes no secret of its intent. The characters feel undifferentiated like ...

Analysis of debris from the nearly 5 billion-year-old asteroid Bennu suggests the ingredients to life on Earth ... the ...

This terrific collection of five unabridged audiobooks from the classic range of ‘Doctor Who’ Target novelisations will delight any fan of the original 1963-89 science-fiction series. There are two ...

One notable genre D&D lacks is science fiction. Even the most sci-fi-like settings of Eberron and Spelljammer are still ...

Little wonder the poles can seem timeless, places of desolate beauty – tundra and rock in the north, and wind and ice in the ...

“NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission already is rewriting the textbook on what we understand about the beginnings of our solar system,” said Nicky Fox, associate administrator of the Science Mission ...

When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.” ...