There's the invasion by a warlike species, there's the highly evolved species trying to communicate with our primitive ...

“Hollywood has preconditioned us to expect one of two types of alien contact, either a hostile invasion force or a benevolent ...

The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence would rank alongside fire and writing in the story of our species, ...

One proposed solution to the Fermi Paradox suggests that intelligent civilizations remain silent by necessity. Advanced ...

For decades, science fiction writers have tried their best to prepare us for eventual contact with aliens. Their efforts are dominated by several recurrent tropes. There's the invasion by a warlike ...

Scientists suggest the first alien signal we detect could be a desperate cry for help from a fading civilization.

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"Star Trek" is home to countless alien species, many of whom offer beloved characters. Some are not. We rank the 10 most ...

Falling Skies, created by Robert Rodat and Steven Spielberg as the executive producer, had its premiere in 2011 on TNT as a ...

With the countdown to Baba Vanga’s 2025 alien prediction, astronomer David Kipping proposes a controversial theory about the ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...