While telescopes like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can detect the chemical fingerprints of distant atmospheres, ...

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Disclosure Day treats extraterrestrial life as a challenge to faith. It’s not.

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 ...

Obsession is maybe too hard-edged; interest too soft. But from “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “E.T” to his new sci-fi thriller “Disclosure Day,” Steven Spielberg has spent nearly the entire ...

Polygon Summer Game Fest 2026 Live game reveals, world premiere trailers, and what’s next from 40+ developers, publishers, and hardware makers. Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is a co-op shooter where you ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

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 ...

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the “strongest hints yet” of extraterrestrial life on the exoplanet K2-18b. And when ...