Ted Chiang, who wrote the short story on which Denis Villeneuve's Arrival is based, once revealed his favorite movie ...

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have announced their upcoming album, Alien Metal, and released lead single "Level 5".

Teetering near endangered status, the starlet sea anemone produces “an ancient mechanism” for fighting viruses that ...

Left to Right: Steven Yeun in "Nope," the alien in Steven Spielberg's "E.T." and Scarlett Johansson in "Under the Skin" (Universal Pictures / A24) It didn’t take long for stories about ...

Why do we tend to assume that UFOs are crafts carrying alien beings rather than alien beings themselves? How the UFO ...

A look at 10 of the greatest alien sci-fi movies, from Ridley Scott's Alien to Denis Villeneuve's Arrival, none by Steven Spielberg.

Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day is the latest movie to tackle the subject of first contact, but these masterpieces understood the idea much better.

A hoax 'alien invasion' alert in Brazil caused panic and amusement, revealing vulnerabilities in emergency systems. Authorities are investigating the breach.

At 80, SF author M John Harrison is producing some of his best work. He talks about finding his voice, alien intelligence and the advice from Iain Banks that still spurs him on ...

A new SETI study argues that turbulent space weather around distant stars can smear out ultra‑narrow alien radio signals, meaning technosignatures may already have reached Earth.

An exploding oil rig, creatures that hunt by sound, and a desert diner standoff: this weekend's watchlist is all killer, no ...

Former Dragon Age lead writer David Gaider shares his vision for reviving the beloved RPG series, but doubts Electronic Arts ...