A polarizing Harvard astronomer known for splashy theories about alien visits has been tapped by the White House to lead a ...

Renny Harlin revealed why he walked away from directing Alien 3 after 20th Century Fox rejected his radically different ideas ...

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

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

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

What if you found out that you had a long-lost relative? And what if that long-lost relative was from a different planet in ...

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

The United States government’s recent release of hundreds of previously classified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) cases spanning the 1940s to the present, along with the new Steven Spielberg ...

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 ...

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

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