From Austin Taylor to Nadia Afifi, there is lots to look forward to in the sci-fi out this month - including a novel which ...

At the aphelion, the distance from the Earth’s center to the Sun’s center is going to be 152,087,738 kilometers (94,502,939 ...

Lisa Kaltenegger’s “Alien Earths” describes intriguing and potentially habitable worlds that have only recently been discovered around distant stars.

SciFri Book Club April community meeting. Want to meet other SciFri Book Club members, talk about the book selection, and find more resources for deeper learning—all without leaving your home? Our ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

Smart News | December 9, 2024. The Ten Best Science Books of 2024. From a deep dive on a fatal space shuttle disaster to a study of a dozen iconic trees, these are our favorite titles this year ...

The science fiction and fantasy author Martha Wells recommends her favorite novels that will transport you to other worlds.

The Future Earth brings together a range of topics, including climate change, biology, ecology, futurism, economics, and more—and we’ll touch on these ideas throughout this Book Club season. You can ...

Off-Earth is an extension of her 2017 podcast, Making New Worlds, which asked ethical questions about space settlement. The book takes some of the same questions and expands on them.

The CIA once classified a strange book by Dr. Chan Thomas, The Adam and Eve Story, which describes a doomsday scenario: a sudden pole shift that flips the Earth’s crust, obliterating entire ...

Good Earth science books for children are often ones that create exciting images of the planet. These may be effective computer graphics, artwork, colourful maps, attractive and illustrative ...

We asked New Scientist staff to pick their favourite science fiction books. Here are the results, ranging from 19th-century classics to modern day offerings, and from Octavia E. Butler to Iain M ...