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In 1988, the Soviet Union launched two of its most ambitious spacecraft ever built not toward Mars itself, but toward one of ...

Scientists propose building a lab on the moon to screen Mars and other space samples for alien microbes before they ever ...

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has floated the provocative idea that humans might themselves be alien‑made 'autonomous probes,' built through advanced synthetic biology rather than evolving entirely ...

In the 1982 blockbuster, E.T. the Extra–Terrestrial, E.T. is lured out of hiding using a trail of Reese's Pieces. But what would aliens really eat if they visited our planet? According to Professor ...

Even at this early stage in our spacefaring age, humanity has already begun sending probes that will eventually reach other solar systems, even if that was not their original intention. Five robotic ...

The best Steven Spielberg movies include Disclosure Day, ET, Indiana Jones, Jaws, Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, The ...

In ‘Disclosure Day’ the director reflects on how humanity would confront the discovery that we are not alone, something he is increasingly ‘convinced’ of ...

12 years is a long wait to play the sequel to one of your favourite games of all time. During that decade-plus stretch, I’ve re-played the original Alien: Isolation multiple times, analysed its ...

"The View" guest cohost Sheryl Underwood inquired about why aliens — which Goldberg insists exist — are fond of "probing in the booty." Joey Nolfi is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly. Since ...