Scientists suggest the first alien signal we detect could be a desperate cry for help from a fading civilization.

We've all grown up dreaming of aliens landing on the Earth or laser beaming across the sky; well, either way, it's sci-fi and ...

For decades, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has been defined more by silence than discovery, but that balance may be starting to shift. As new telescopes, algorithms, and theoretical ...

A casual viewer might assume that if you've seen one alien movie, you've seen them all. But that couldn't be further from the truth, as filmmakers throughout cinematic history have used these ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

In this scenario, our first contact with aliens would be tragic. We should look for "loud shouts in the night".

Drop onto dangerously reactive alien planets where every pixel is physically simulated. Craft wild guns and abilities that melt, burn, freeze and blow up hostile creatures or destroy entire levels – ...