Since the 1950s, humanity has been searching for extraterrestrial life with increasingly sophisticated tools. But after decades of space probes, meteorite analysis, radio telescopes, and UFO ...

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that finding—which won the scientists a portion of the 2019 Nobel Prize in ...

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...

Conspiracy theories have raged about 3I/ATLAS being an unnatural object. But the alien question, while fun, generates misinformation and distracts from the science. When you purchase through links on ...

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is, once again, doing something strange. This interloper from another star is currently concealed from view behind the sun, leading some people to wonder what it has ...

Is it the invasion of the genome snatchers? Just in case the idea of aliens walking around in human skin suits wasn’t frightening enough. An outlandish study asserts that aliens might have abducted us ...

Alien: Earth definitely gets a lot right, but after watching the season 1 finale, I'm torn, because it gets a lot of things wrong, too. There's clear commitment to certain aspects of the Alien ...

Experts outline four scenarios for first contact, from detecting radio signals to direct encounters with alien spacecraft. Each possibility would profoundly reshape global politics, science, and ...

'Alien: Earth' premiered its first two episodes on Aug. 12 Caroline Blair is a writer for PEOPLE. She has been writing about celebrities, entertainment, reality TV stars and news for five years. Alamy ...

'Alien: Earth' is the first-ever Alien TV show and it's finally arrived. Here's how to watch 'Alien: Earth' wherever you are on the planet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

When Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game hit shelves in 1985, it wasn’t just another sci-fi novel. It became a phenomenon, a winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, one of the most influential works of ...

Rumors of an incoming alien attack invaded some social media feeds in late July 2025 after the New York Post published an article about a potential "alien probe." While the article only said the ...