Opening shot: distant stars are visible against an ink black background. In the foreground, something bright: a planet, a spacecraft, both. Cue the music, epic crescendo, unsettling tones, the action is about to begin. The title appears, you know it is already the best space movie ever made. What name popped into your head? The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Maybe it’s because it's one of the earliest science fiction movies that captured my imagination early on, but I’d say 2001: A Space Odyssey . Samantha Cristoforetti

IFLScience was recently reporting from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Ministerial Council for 2025, where ESA got the funding for a lot of interesting projects, from a mission to look for life on Enc

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