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Science fiction stories about “alien” invaders are often political allegories for anxieties around immigration. Now, a government website depicts non-citizens as extraterrestrials.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson calls on the government to just show the alien, saying Americans are ready for disclosure after years of ...

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Aliens have been one of the most enduring elements of science fiction. Sometimes they’re terrifying, sometimes they’re wise, and sometimes, they’re just as confused and neurotic as us with humans.

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When Neil deGrasse Tyson was 9 years old, he visited the Hayden Planetarium for the first time. Growing up gazing into light pollution in the Bronx, he had no idea there were that many stars. “I was ...