Thanks to the success of Alien: Romulus and Alien: Earth, the Alien franchise is hotter than ever before, burning through the competition like acid burning through the hull. This has only intensified ...

“Hollywood has preconditioned us to expect one of two types of alien contact, either a hostile invasion force or a benevolent ...

For decades, science fiction writers have tried their best to prepare us for eventual contact with aliens. Their efforts are dominated by several recurrent tropes. There's the invasion by a warlike ...

Recent research suggests that galaxies with high radio emissions—known as “radio-bright” galaxies—could be home to alien civilizations. This idea, explored in Brian C. Lacki’s study Artificial ...

When most of us find an unwelcome beehive around the house, we see a nuisance that must be destroyed. However, after watching Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia”, audiences will think twice about reaching for ...

Complex, intelligent life in the galaxy appears vanishingly rare, with the nearest possible civilization perhaps 33,000 light-years distant. Yet despite the odds, scientists insist that continuing the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. Nov 17, 2025, 05:21am EST Nov 28, 2025, 12:25am EST A team ...

In 1950, famed astrophysicist Enrico Fermi posed a profound question during a casual lunch with colleagues: Where is everybody? In other words, if there’s an extremely high probability that advanced ...

A staple of the "Star Trek" franchise since its earliest days is its inclusion of imaginative extraterrestrial characters. Whether as members of Starfleet vessels or villains-of-the-week, the ...