Pop culture is full of references to messages from outer space. Some of them were friendly attempts at communication, such as the five-note musical sequence transmitted to Earth by aliens in Close ...

We blasted off with Elio — and met an adorable alien named Glordon along the way. (Illustration composite: Annelise Capossela; illustrations: Walt Disney Studios/courtesy of Everett Collection) Space ...

Thirty years ago, Pixar rocketed into the popular imagination with Buzz Lightyear’s much-quoted motto, “To infinity and beyond!” Twenty-eight hit animated movies later, infinity comes for Elio Solís, ...