Alien: Earth star, Timothy Olyphant, reveals that Season 2 will take the story for the prequel series' next chapter in a very ...

New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth ...

Brian Johnson, who has died aged 86, was an Oscar-winning visual effects maestro and modelling specialist who contributed ...

For every "Alien" or "Event Horizon," there are dozens of lesser-known space horror movies that deserve much more love and ...

A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow ...

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

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

Researchers propose turning a future NASA moon base into a quarantine station that would screen space samples before they ever reach Earth.

Astronomers suggest that space weather could distort alien signals, making them undetectable. This challenges traditional ...

During the 1960s, the United States prepared to fend off nuclear missile attacks from the Soviet Union—unaware that the ...

Grain-sized remnants of alien technology may get caught in solar wind and land on plants and moons close to us ...

These wildly different films explore the wondrous, and sometimes terrifying possibilities of contacting extra-terrestrial life.