Is Tau Ceti a real star? Is there a rocky exoplanet called Erid? How long can astronauts stay in space? Are there microbes on other planets? NASA has answers, shedding light on the science facts behind the fiction in “Project Hail Mary.

That’s because “Project Hail Mary,” the sci-fi adventure starring Ryan Gosling, blew past initial box office projections and had the second largest non-franchise opening weekend in history, surpassed ...

The only issue is, he cannot remember a thing.