Columbia University professor David Kipping predicts humanity's first alien encounter will be with a rare, "loud" ...

When Alien: Earth debuts it will bring one of Hollywood’s most important sci-fi horror franchises to the small screen. It will also arrive with monster expectations and a loyal fanbase. Those are the ...

“Sorry,” says Noah Hawley dryly as the lights abruptly pop back on. The Emmy-winning showrunner has just screened the first 15 minutes of his upcoming FX series ...

Historically, many scientists and society have been fascinated by the prospect of making contact with extraterrestrial ...

All fiction is metaphor,” wrote Ursula K Le Guin. “Science fiction is metaphor.” The writer, most famous for her Earthsea fantasy novels, captured the civil rights movement, second-wave feminism and ...

Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner’s upcoming book is a philosophical exploration of the humanity behind our desire to find aliens. Reading time 6 minutes At Gizmodo, we love a good story about ...