There’s no denying the allure of alien artifacts. Science fiction is awash in the material remnants of extraterrestrial civilizations, which surface in everything from the classic books of Arthur C.

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...

A strange new opening called the Alien Gambit looks harmless at first. She decides to test it against a strong opponent and quickly realizes how sharp it really is. One wrong move and the lesson is ...

If aliens are out there, why haven’t we heard from them? That’s the question at the center of Pop Mech’s new story, “Aliens Probably Exist—But They’re Staying Silent For a Reason, NASA Scientist ...

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...

General Atomics has rolled out the latest iteration of its modular Gambit series of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), adapting the common-core airframe for air-to-ground missions while retaining ...

Alien Earth’s first season has ended, and the important bit of that is “first” season. What seemed like it might have been a miniseries was in fact meant to have multiple seasons, and now we have some ...

The hybrid kids have an important revelation about who should be afraid of whom. Just deserts will be served. By Sean T. Collins A few weeks ago, I was talking to a friend about where “Alien: Earth” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about TV shows, movies, video games, entertainment & culture. The main problem with Alien: Earth, in its first seven ...

This post contains spoilers for this week’s episode of Alien: Earth, “Emergence,” now streaming on Hulu. The amount of time it takes a Xenomorph to gestate from face-hugger to chest-burster to ...