Hollywood makes initiating alien contact seem much easier than it has proven to be. In E.T. the Extraterrestrial, E.T. got ...

Are we alone in the Universe? With more than 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe and at least 500 billion planets ...

New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth could thus be overlooking prime evidence of alien intelligence.

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, ...

Scientists suggest that advanced aliens might not have physical bodies, challenging traditional views of extraterrestrial ...

What would aliens actually look like? While simple life forms like bacteria may be common in the universe, complex ...

From the Greys to the Nordics, these aliens appear frequently across abduction stories and science fiction tales.

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions comes up with an epic extraterrestrial playlist for Earth’s first contact from beyond the stars ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...

Christian UFO researchers argue that many alleged alien abductions are spiritual simulations aimed at undermining Christian ...

There’s no data to suggest that aliens exist. However, if we believed they existed and came to Earth, our planet would offer them a somewhat risky buffet. There is liquid water, as well as salts, ...

For your extraterrestrial viewing needs, Stacker ranked the top 30 alien movies, according to their IMDb user rating.