While a direct Alien: Covenant sequel might never happen, a franchise writer has revealed what happened to Michael Fassbender ...

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...

The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.

If aliens are out there, why haven’t we heard from them? That’s the question at the center of Pop Mech’s new story, “Aliens Probably Exist—But They’re Staying Silent For a Reason, NASA Scientist ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Alien: Earth concluded its first season with its eighth episode on Sept. 23 and seven weeks ...

Case in point: James Cameron’s Aliens took a sharp turn from Ridley Scott’s original film, changing the tone from a sci-fi/horror nightmare to an action-horror thrill ride. Cameron was clearly ...