Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House ...

Could humans spread Earth life beyond our planet? Astrobiologists explain where extremophiles might survive and why the risks ...

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

A controversial Harvard University cosmologist who has suggested alien lifeforms could be sailing into the solar system disguised as meteors is leading the Trump administration’ ...

Scientists may have just taken one of the biggest steps yet in the search for life beyond Earth. Meet K2 18 b, a distant ...

Released in 1979, ‘Alien’ redefined sci-fi horror and introduced audiences to one of cinema’s greatest action heroes. The ...

Alien: Earth — a prequel series set before the original Alien movie — begins streaming and launches on cable this week. The official summary for Alien: Earth reads, “When the mysterious deep space ...

James Franco’s TikTok video is grabbing attention, fueling alien conspiracy theories. The actor uploaded a video of himself ...

The most notable synthetic in Alien: Earth is Kirsh (Timothy Olyphant), a white-haired robot tasked with looking after Wendy (a new type of synthetic/human hybrid played by Sydney Chandler). Early on, ...

FX’s Alien prequel series premieres on August 12th. FX’s Alien prequel series premieres on August 12th. is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic ...