#science-fiction

With all 10 seasons of Stargate SG-1 added to Netflix in February 2026, renewed attention is flowing back to one of science fiction television’s most durable space franchises.

Jeff VanderMeer’s new story in MIT Technology Review imagines stranded explorers traversing a hostile planet linked by immense paths between 13 heated domes. The result is a tense meditation on survival, contact, and the

Amazon MGM’s adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel has become the studio’s biggest theatrical hit, offering rare validation for an expensive non-franchise bet.

Hollywood has painted a romanticized picture of life on the Red Planet, from Matt Damon growing potatoes to Arnold Schwarzenegger surviving the Martian surface. But experts say the real challenges of off-world living are far more daunting and far less cinematic than anything science fiction has prepared us for.

As Predator: Badlands arrives on streaming, director Dan Trachtenberg opens up about the Dutch hologram, a deleted Xenomorph cameo, why Prey's Naru was deliberately kept out, and whether he plans to return for more sequels in the franchise.