The best places to look for alien life: Scientists identify 45 Earth-like worlds to explore for a 'Project Hail Mary'

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...
The Times-Tribune

Electric City on the rise

Every time I mention I live a short drive from Scranton to my friends back in my native New Jersey, the conversation turns to ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Alien Life Could Look Nothing Like What We Expect. Here’s How Microbes Beyond Earth Might Live Without Liquid Water

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s ...
Utah Public Radio

Ryan Gosling and a cute alien team up to save humanity in 'Project Hail Mary'

Problems of the natural world can be addressed through, and only through, mastery and cooperation might seem like a truism, but in Weir's stories, it emerges as an expansively hopeful thesis.

‘Project Hail Mary’ explores unique forms of life in space – 5 essential reads on searching for aliens that look nothing like life on Earth

“Project Hail Mary,” the movie adaptation to Andy Weir’s 2021 novel about a science teacher attempting to save the Earth from sun-eating microbes, was released in March 2026 to stellar ratings from ...