Of all the various subgenres attached to the sci-fi domain, alien invasion flicks come off as timeless favorites. Here are ...

Forgive me, for I am an avowed Terminator sequels hater. Would that I were granted access to time displacement equipment, I would use it to time travel back to the late '90s and find a non-violent ...

The director—responsible for franchises such as Alien, Terminator and Avatar, as well as Titanic—has never shied away from going toe to toe (however belatedly) with naysayers. Take, for instance, his ...

When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...

In July, researchers using the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System survey telescope in Chile made an exceedingly rare discovery: a mysterious object passing through the solar ...

As this interstellar object approached its closest point to Earth, a massive radio telescope attempted to sniff out a technosignature. Reading time 3 minutes From the moment astronomers discovered ...

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger is saying hasta la vista, baby, to the “Terminator” movies. After starring in almost all of the films in the franchise since the titular project in 1984, the actor, 78, won’t be ...

For much of James Cameron’s career, every day has been judgement day. The director—responsible for franchises such as Alien, Terminator and Avatar, as well as Titanic—has never shied away from going ...

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...