Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the ...

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that finding—which won the scientists a portion of the 2019 Nobel Prize in ...

Predator: Badlands director Dan Trachtenberg is on the record saying there are “no xenomorphs” in his new movie, which hits theaters November 7. Whether or not he’s telling the truth, we don’t know, ...

Ancient Martian life might be preserved in ice for millions of years, new research suggests. Experiments show pure ice acts as a protective time capsule for biomolecules, unlike soil mixtures. This ...

Sigourney Weaver has met with Disney about potentially reprising her Ellen Ripley role in a future Alien sequel. Weaver first played Ripley in 1979’s Alien, which was directed by Ridley Scott. She ...

Alien: Earth wrapped its freshman season with a finale that dared to do the unexpected. Instead of tying everything up neatly, Alien: Earth Season 1 Episode 8 leaned into upheaval, identity crises, ...

Editor's note: The below contains major spoilers for the Alien: Earth finale. The first two Alien films are among the most terrifying sci-fi horror movies ever made, but then the franchise lost its ...

A NASA-backed study reveals that alien civilizations could detect human signals sent to spacecraft. Radio transmissions aimed at Mars rovers and orbiters aren't fully contained, creating a 'spillover' ...

FX has released the promo for “Emergence,” showing escalating danger as factions fracture on the island. Betrayal pushes the survivors toward a violent clash. The preview highlights growing distrust ...

In the Alien franchise, the grisly deaths are usually reserved for the flesh-and-blood humans. But a few of the synthetic beings in the franchise have met horrible and gory ends too. In Ridley Scott’s ...

Alien: Earth has finally arrived, bringing weekly doses of Ridley Scott’s world of Alien—filtered through the creative lens of Noah Hawley—to sci-fi fans. The first two episodes (read io9’s recap here ...

Alien: Earth, a high-risk prequel to the original Alien film, premieres today after its buzzworthy preview at July's San Diego Comic-Con, consolidating for fans thriller-infused science fiction with ...