Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Rocky's look is officially canon. 🪨

Author Andy Weir sat down with us to talk about the real star of “Project Hail Mary”, Rocky the rock-tarantula alien. With astrobiologist Mike Wong, we dive into if aliens could evolve like that and how Rocky’s biology actually works.

Listen to the full podcast now and check out our “Science Goes To The Movies” article on our website.