A look back at Earth 2, the ambitious ’90s sci-fi series cancelled after one season — and why it deserved far more time.

It was released in 1979 and is still considered one of the best horror and sci-fi movies ever made, now available on Disney ...

Theorists believe that thousands of years ago, extraterrestrials landed on Earth in the season 20 premiere of History Channel’s hit series “Ancient Aliens” set to air Thursday, January 15 at 9 p.m.

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...

In July, researchers using the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System survey telescope in Chile made an exceedingly rare discovery: a mysterious object passing through the solar ...

Explore Vatican's preparations for potential alien encounter in a revealing documentary by Mark Christopher Lee. Why Elon Musk says saving for retirement will be 'irrelevant' in the next 20 years US ...

For a long time now, the search for alien civilisations has been one of humanity’s most exciting scientific endeavours. While science-fiction films usually portray highly advanced and aggressive ...

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