A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

Humanity is on the way to confirming the existence of non-human entities and making contact with aliens within the next 50 years, as predicted by a leading British space scientist. According to ...

Some humans may be part alien - after having extraterrestrial genes ‘inserted’ during abductions, scientists claim. The bombshell follows a study which analysed DNA from ordinary people and folk who ...

Humans should look to planetary alignments outside of the solar system when searching for signatures of extraterrestrial communications, scientists say. The nascent search for radio transmissions from ...

There have always been two kinds of monsters in the Alien franchise, each responsible for so much death. The first and most famous are Xenomorphs. But they have only killed so many people because of ...

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The collection of the best alien movies is constantly growing. In fact, over the years, it's clear that there's an ongoing fixation with films that feature outer-space lifeforms. Extraterrestrials ...