The science team with NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory project ... The Jawas and Tusken Raiders from "Star Wars", for example, wouldn't have been able to evolve on the sand-covered Tatooine ...

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The planets and galaxies created for sci-fi films such as "Star Wars," "Star Trek," and "Alien" are pretty realistic. That is, according to Robert Hurt, a visualization specialist at NASA's Jet ...

Star Wars is going far and wide in the coming years across all forms of media with an updated Star Wars timeline that includes new eras. Here's our summary. As Star Wars prepares to transition ...

Known as the Heatshield for Extreme Entry Environment Technology, or "HEEET" for short, the rugged spacecraft outerwear that looks like something out of "Star Wars" was invented at NASA's Ames ...

The SpaceX Crew-10 launch is scheduled to take place at 7:48 p.m. EST. The launch will happen at Cape Canaveral at the ...

and others from lesser known novels, folktales, and mythology. You can use the NASA spreadsheet to find the explanation for the rest.