"Star Wars" has a seemingly never-ending supply of alien designs. However, these five are the worst of the bunch, falling ...

Brian Johnson, who has died aged 86, was an Oscar-winning visual effects maestro and modelling specialist who contributed ...

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

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

Space: Above and Beyond proved sci-fi TV could rival Star Wars with realistic space warfare, ambitious storytelling, and bold ideas.

Packed with practical effects, outrageous costumes, and unforgettable performances, this bizarre space opera remains ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson calls on the government to just show the alien, saying Americans are ready for disclosure after years of hearings and UAP files.

Science fiction stories about “alien” invaders are often political allegories for anxieties around immigration. Now, a government website depicts non-citizens as extraterrestrials.

During the 1960s, the United States prepared to fend off nuclear missile attacks from the Soviet Union—unaware that the gravest threat was not looming across the globe, but outside of Earth’s ...