‘Project Hail Mary’ author Andy Weir talks Ryan Gosling, making science entertaining

We took Andy Weir to a science museum and watched him nerd out with an astrophysicist and about making "Project Hail Mary" ...

‘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 ...

A Study Suggests Aliens Aren’t Little Green Men. They’re Purple People Eaters.

We might have had it wrong this whole time.
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‘Project Hail Mary’ brings a new kind of alien to the big screen

Astrobiologist and planetary scientist Mike Wong is a big fan of Rocky’s non-traditional look, because it points to the fact that evolution is often random.

Garbled Radio Signals May Explain Why We Haven’t Heard From Aliens

A recent SETI Institute study suggests that space weather could blur and weaken extraterrestrial radio signals long before they reach us.

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

Perhaps the reason Project Hail Mary hits the spot in the spring of 2026 is that novelist Andy Weir, who wrote the 2021 novel ...