Alien first-contact stories are a classic of science fiction, and they're all the more fascinating because they can feel like predictions of a possible future. Real scientists all over the world are ...

Aliens have existed since the dawn of the universe — or at least in science fiction. With fictional stories dating back to the second century AD, from the Greek satire A True Story by Lucian of ...

Not everyone is familiar with The Man Who Fell to Earth, especially since it’s a movie from the ’70s. Still, it’s an excellent pick for anyone looking for a very different take on the alien genre than ...

The night is dark; darker than usual. There's a warm breeze in the air, but otherwise nothing stirs save for a strange metallic object careening through the sky. As it moves, a soft glow follows, ...

It didn’t take long for stories about extraterrestrials to reach our cinemas. George Méliès “A Trip to the Moon” introduced weird, easily explodable aliens called Selenites that capture the first ...