“Project Hail Mary,” the Ryan Gosling-led adaptation of the best-selling sci-fi novel from Andy Weir, is being praised for putting the science in science fiction.
Although aliens, sun-draining microorganisms and galaxy-spanning spaceflight are all a part of the story of a scientist sent on a suicide mission to save Earth, the film and its source material are not afraid to delve into the kind of astrophysics that would make most peoples’ heads spin.
But just how accurate is the science depicted in “Project Hail Mary”? Does fact lose out to fiction? Astrophysicist Jacqueline McCleary said viewers might be surprised by what the film gets right and wrong.
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