Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

The universe is vast and teeming with stars – but if intelligent life exists, it may not be able to visit Earth.

The Alien franchise has always focused on just one titular alien — the Xenomorph. Yes, over the years, we got extrapolations ...

The final episode of Alien: Earth includes a hidden reference to one of the best characters from an Alien sequel. The ending of Alien: Earth season 1 brought all its lingering plot threads together; ...

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A well-known conspiracy theory (also seen in The X-Files) attests that aliens are in communication with the U.S. government, ...

So far on Alien: Earth, we’ve seen Wendy (Sydney Chandler) tame a Xenomorph, a Fly devour a poor hybrid named Tootles (Kit Young), and an Eye take over the body of a sheep. What fresh horrors await us ...

Astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson spills on his obsession with aliens and the best and worst Hollywood depictions of them.

Spielberg, known for popular extraterrestrial films, put his name in the ring for the hypothetical alien ambassador role ...

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