Noah Hawley has brought the sci-fi/horror series to television. Many filmmakers have taken on the "Alien" franchise: James Cameron, David Fincher, Fede Álvarez. Ridley Scott even returned to the well ...

The octopus is one of the strangest animals ever to evolve. With 500 million neurons—most of them located in its eight arms rather than its brain—it can solve puzzles, recognize individual people, ...

Disney's Alien: Earth ended an era for the famous monsters, but the prequel series taking a big risk with the direction it's ...

Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi blockbuster is a non-stop thrill ride, but did it convince you that we are not alone?

Rare 160-million-year-old sea spider fossils from Southern France look nearly identical to living species, revealing a body ...

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

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Milly Alcock gives “Supergirl” a sharp, funny edge, but Craig Gillespie’s DC adventure is only mildly enjoyable and overly ...

Steven Spielberg looks to skies for redemption in this spiritual sequel to Close Encounters of the Third Kind.v ...

Not all islands are surrounded by water. Some are ringed by wheat fields, highways, fences, suburbs and municipal boundaries.

A potentially undescribed siphonophore. (ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute) An oceanic expedition has turned up 31 new species from a vast, dimly lit habitat between the sunlit surface and the ...

In the world of children’s entertainment, Nickelodeon needs no introduction. It launched in 1977 before starting to produce ...