After decades of secrecy, stigma, and sometimes silliness—like the conspiratorial tales about recovered spacecraft and alien ...

The curious minds at What If explore whether scientists have finally discovered traces of a Type II civilization.

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Republican voters have shown a worrying lack of enthusiasm about turning out for the November polls, with 1 in 5 reliable GOP ...

A copy of the game Ripley’s Hive Exterminator Pack – Includes an exclusive cosmetic outfit themed to Ellen Ripley’s appearance near the dramatic climax of 1986’s blockbuster masterpiece, Aliens. All ...

Alexander Willis is a senior editor who graduated from the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas and currently lives in the Metro Nashville area, Tennessee. Prior to joining ...

For decades, humanity has searched the universe for signs of alien life — but some scientists warn that finding it may come with terrifying consequences. This video explores NASA’s Voyager missions, ...

There's an art to picking a good alarm sound. It can't be too pleasant that you happily listen to it for a few minutes instead of doing what you're supposed to. Nor can it be too annoying, as that can ...

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself resurfaces: if aliens were to arrive on Earth, would they come to conquer us, ...

It didn’t take long for stories about extraterrestrials to reach our cinemas. George Méliès “A Trip to the Moon” introduced weird, easily explodable aliens called Selenites that capture the first ...

The International Academy of Astronautics has updated its protocols for confirming and announcing the discovery of alien life. New guidelines address the modern challenges of social media, ...