Want to know how the Millennium Falcon compares in size to an Imperial Star Destroyer? Just watch a Star Wars movie. But if you want to know how that hunk of junk compares to the Battlestar Galactica, ...

The magnificent Mül is one of the very first planets we see in Luc Besson's spiritual successor to The Fifth Element, Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets (2017), and it is one of the finest in ...

Trends in the way that exoplanets are depicted in science fiction (sf) have changed since the first real exoplanet around a sun-like star was discovered in 1995, says a new study from researchers at ...

Fictional alien worlds have evolved to resemble the real ones astronomers are finding. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Trends in ...

Perhaps the most impressive of the late great Douglas Adams' many brainchildren, Magrathea is an ancient planet in the Horsehead Nebula, home to the Magratheans, hyperspatial engineers who specialise ...

The article reimagines each zodiac sign as a fictional planet, highlighting their defining traits through imaginative landscapes and the inhabitants' nature. From the fiery terrains of Aries' Planet ...

In the Star Wars movies fictional planets are covered with forests, oceans, deserts, and volcanoes. But new models from a team of MIT, NASA, and Carnegie scientists begin to describe an even wider ...

This interactive visualization illustrates how social fairness can be influenced by structural factors through the story of two fictional planets – Monos and Duos, inhabited by cats and dogs. It ...