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

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

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A nutrition scientist applies metabolism, biology and food science to one of science fiction's oldest questions.

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

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

A lot of the alien races in the Star Trek universe are humanoid, and the original series explained that fact way back in the ...

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

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.

The best way to find alien technosignatures is to look for ones that have long survived their creators, according to a new ...

Marvel is set to launch Aliens Vs X-Men later this year, stylised as AVX, with Kieron Gillen leading the series. Aliens Vs ...