“Project Hail Mary” showcases stunning nebula photos taken over 400 hours by one astronomer – here’s the story

A bearded man wearing a cap and dark T-shirt is shown holding a red telescope and smiling at the camera in front of a nebula painting hanging on the wall.

In August 2024, astronaut Rod Prazeres received a mysterious message on Instagram that seemed too good to be true – a “small production company” wanted to license his images for use in an undisclosed sci-fi film. Fun‘ at first – and rightly so – he thought he was being scammed. After all, how many production … Read more