God (or at least the talk of God) is a surprising element in James Gray’s new film.

I wanted to know what it was really like to travel to the moon, but I realized that the only people who knew would not be around much longer.

The Big Bang is not a theory of the origins of the universe. In fact, we have no scientific theory of the origins of the universe.

“Throughout the history of the Society, the Jesuits have been key players in astronomy,” said Robert Macke, S.J., a specialist in meteorites who works at the Vatican Observatory in Rome. Jesuit contributions to astronomy are significant enough that 34 craters on the moon and several asteroids are named after them.

We know of at least 4,000 planets outside our solar system, writes the astronomer Samantha Lawler, but we will not be visiting any of them soon—nor do we know if any are inhabitable. Exploring space teaches us the fragility of Earth.

Science fiction writers continue to turn to religious characters, imagery and ideas to sort things out.