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

Theological debates suggest alien encounters might challenge religious traditionalists more than dismantle faith.

Some alternate-universe movies are just too tantalizing not to imagine what could've been, and Renny Harlin’s Alien 3 is one of the most fascinating films that never happened. Harlin's version would ...

A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a ...

Claims of US government knowledge of multiple alien species resurface as former officials allege awareness, but Pentagon reviews find no evidence of extraterrestrial involvement.

Explaining why the film didn't go into more detail about precisely what the message was, or the nature of the reactions in the aftermath of disclosure day, he added: "In the begin ...

A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of ...

SETI scientists searched the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS for radio signals that could indicate extraterrestrial technology ...

A.V. Club staffers wonder if, after watching the Disclosure Day broadcast, their reactions would live up to Steven Spielberg's expectations.

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