The new film probes the possibility of alien life – here's how the science of Project Hail Mary stacks up.

The Dune universe is huge13,000 planets, countless stars, and tons of mysteries. But where are the aliens? In this video, we dig into the clues, from strange ruins on distant planets to creepy legends ...

Andy Weir discusses his science-fueled novel “Project Hail Mary,” which has been adapted into a film that opens in theaters ...

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s treacly alien buddy comedy about an astronaut stranded in outer space gives even the most curmudgeonly among us things to laugh at.

One of Steven Spielberg's greatest influences is this forgotten sci-fi movie from 1950 that changed the film genre forever.

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Wexford residents were looking out for aliens on Saturday night after spotting a ‘strange’ beam of light in the sky. While it appears that no extraterrestrials arrived in Gorey, many people are still ...

It may be a goofier than it is clever, but this interstellar buddy comedy is charming and impressive enough to deliver its message.

Screenwriter Drew Goddard rejoined "The Martian" writer Andy Weir and fought to preserve the author's vision: "Whenever ...

As Nicolas Roeg’s enigmatic, unclassifiable film – in which David Bowie plays an alien visiting Earth – turns 50, we look back at Tom Milne’s deciphering of it. From our Summer 1976 issue.

In Ridley Scott’s ALIEN, the audience isn’t introduced to the Xenomorph right off the bat, but to the glorious Nostromo travelling through space. Utilizing industrial scrap and ...

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, happens to share some truly remarkable geophysical and geological processes with our home ...