The best alien invasion movies feature the most exhilarating stories about extraterrestrial visitors, from War of the Worlds to Annihilation.

Half a century after "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," the director returns to the subject of UFOs with "Disclosure Day." His science fiction films are informed by his fascination with alien encou ...

Alien planets across the Milky Way reveal how strange, hostile, and spectacular other worlds can be, from the nearby promise of Proxima Centauri B to gas giants with glass storms, burning ice, metal ...

James Webb has revealed that the sunrise and sunset sides of WASP-121 b have surprisingly different atmospheres.

The featherweight pair — orbiting a star 1,110 light-years away — are the biggest exoplanets found to have less density than ...

Sega and Creative Assembly have finally officially revealed Alien: Isolation 2 with a new trailer at Summer Game Fest 2026. While the trailer stops short of announcing a release date or even a release ...

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Alien Isolation 2 is a sequel many players have waited a long, long ...

Scientists say moons around rogue planets wandering through the galaxy could remain warm enough for life thanks to tidal heating and hydrogen-rich atmospheres. These dark, starless worlds may have had ...

Even at this early stage in our spacefaring age, humanity has already begun sending probes that will eventually reach other ...

12 years is a long wait to play the sequel to one of your favourite games of all time. During that decade-plus stretch, I’ve re-played the original Alien: Isolation multiple times, analysed its ...

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