Ten years ago, astronaut Mark Watney was left for dead on Mars in "The Martian." Genius botanist Watney, brought to life with charm and grit by Matt Damon, had to rely on brains, resourcefulness and a ...

Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary cannot repeat the same mistake that would have made Matt Damon's The Martian into a horror ...

It’s a far cry from the intergalactic exploring of Star Trek or the alien-intermingling of Avatar, but make no mistake, The Martian is futuristic sci-fi. That much is obvious from one key plot ...

Andy Weir discusses doing algerbra on the set of Project Hail Mary and how real-world advancements impact his stories ...

NASA shows off some of the places Matt Damon would have been in the movie. — -- NASA's love affair with Mars is at an all-time high. Not only did NASA release a detailed report last week on its ...

The first clear crackle of Martian lightning has finally reached human ears, captured by a microphone bolted to a rover ...

Matt Damon's Mark Watney, one of the best botanists in the world, essentially becomes an alien when he's left stranded on Mars. He's a foreign man on a planet he doesn't understand with a geographical ...

After the blood moon lunar eclipse and the announcement of flowing water on Mars, the third in this week’s astronomical trifecta—the anticipated 20th Century Fox film The Martian—opens October 2. What ...

You’d be hard pressed to find a person who could say with a straight face that they didn’t like a single aspect of “The Martian”, from comedy to drama to space-adventure. Based on a novel by Andy Weir ...

Ridley Scott goes back to the future, a familiar destination for him, and returns in fine shape in “The Martian.” Although technically science fiction by virtue of its being largely set on a ...

Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover.