Steven Spielberg approached sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov about writing the script for Close Encounters of the Third Kind, but ...

After the cancellation of Neill Blomkamp 's planned film, and the box office underperformance of Ridley Scott 's Alien: ...

With the countdown to Baba Vanga’s 2025 alien prediction, astronomer David Kipping proposes a controversial theory about the ...

The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence would rank alongside fire and writing in the story of our species, yet a growing group of researchers warns that such a moment might arrive not ...

Spielberg has long been known for his love of alien-related material. That's why he produced the abduction-based Taken ...

“Hollywood has preconditioned us to expect one of two types of alien contact, either a hostile invasion force or a benevolent ...

Could the first confirmed signal from an extraterrestrial source be less a hello than a goodbye? Astrophysicist David Kipping argues as much, and his “Eschatian Hypothesis” reimagines the way ...

Astronomers warn humanity’s first alien detection may shock and surprise. Signals may not be friendly greetings but extreme and unmistakable. New research suggests initial contact could come from ...

For decades, science fiction writers have tried their best to prepare us for eventual contact with aliens. Their efforts are dominated by several recurrent tropes. There's the invasion by a warlike ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...