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

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself ...

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

Is the rest of the cosmos a pristine environment awaiting the arrival of humanity’s “post-human” descendants? Or is advanced ...

There is plenty of intriguing sci-fi on offer this month, whether it’s solar-powered cities from Adrian Tchaikovsky or a strange future from M. John Harrison ...

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

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

David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ follows game designer Allegra Geller on the run as she enters a bioport VR game where reality ...

The Xenomorph is spending this summer on Earth, and humanity will be hard-pressed to make it out alive. Today, FX and Hulu unveiled the first proper trailer for Alien: Earth, the new Alien prequel ...

Breaking news out of eastern Oklahoma! A hole in the sky has opened. Through it, an unidentified turtle-shaped craft has descended. Alerts say that this is first contact. So it goes in the sci-fi ...