These wildly different films explore the wondrous, and sometimes terrifying possibilities of contacting extra-terrestrial ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist ...

In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between. By James S.A. Corey James S.A. Corey is the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, the ...

A nutrition scientist applies metabolism, biology and food science to one of science fiction's oldest questions.

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination ...

The X-Men will face their greatest extra-terrestrial threat this September in a new crossover comic with Ridley Scott’s ...

Erik Hawkins is an award-winning writer and editor who's been obsessed with cinema since he was old enough to hold Roger Ebert's Video Home Companion in his hands. He lives in NYC, where he rabidly ...

While the movies of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe might have left much to be desired, they did feature an alien threat more powerful than the Xenomorph. Marvel’s Symbiotes are heavily featured, with the ...

Early cinema depicted aliens as human-like for familiarity and practical reasons, but modern science fiction explores ...