Is there life in outer space? Maybe, so let's not annoy it

After already earning big bucks at the Chinese box office, The Wandering Earth is looking like the blockbuster to beat in 2019. In the megabudget sci-fi, the sun is dying and Earth needs to shift to a new galaxy to survive - but efforts to do so put the planet on a collision course with Jupiter. Will the world be saved, or are we headed for cosmic catastrophe?

The appetite for daring space adventures among Chinese cinemagoers has been steadily growing over the years, but it has arguably hit a peak since China's Chang'e 4 mission successfully managed to sprout cotton seeds on the far side of the moon.

The Wandering Earth is set in the distant future, but with global issues such as climate change and rising sea levels sending a chill down the spine, more people are now looking to the skies and asking whether humankind could one day spread to Mars and Venus, our closest neighbors, or another planet in the solar system.