Voyage to the moon

A trailblazing exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum explores our fascination with the moon, from the first time Galileo trained his telescope on it to the present.

Feeble hands make high demands, and lovers often quarrel. But tender words with careful nerve, can melt the hardest mortal. A bridegrooms’ kiss is most amiss, when his eyes are prone to wande…

A Trip to the Moon 1902 Picture Collage

A Trip To The Moon, George Melies silent movie sculpture

Motion pictures went to the moon long before Apollo 11 did, and they keep going back. Critic Bob Mondello reflects on the many films, from 1902 to today, that have made the journey.

We’re asking readers to suggest scientific themes for the Sci-Fi London 48-hour filmmaking challenge. Here’s a selection of classics to get your sci-fi juices oozing

"A Trip to the Moon"(1902) Georges Méliès.

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One of the single most iconic silent films and certainly the most famous picture from the pre-feature era, A Trip to the Moon has been studied and discussed for over a century. Why is it so beloved and how did it drill down so deeply into our pop culture? That’s what we’re going to find…

We celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the moon landing with a spread of lunar-inspired art from Interview's January 1991 issue.

You can both thank and blame a technical glitch for ‘Star Wars’ (depending on the trilogy).

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