“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...

The Mos Eisley Cantina is one of the most memorable locales in 1977’s Star Wars (now known as A New Hope), having introduced numerous alien species to the franchise. A New Hope initially has few ...

A vast alien planet has blistering winds racing around its equator at nearly 30 times the speed of sound on Earth. Lisa Nortmann at the University of Göttingen, Germany, and her colleagues used ...

The deadly Sydney funnel-web is three distinct species – not one, as previously thought, scientists have confirmed. Spider experts have long suspected the Sydney funnel-web was more than one species ...

So big, in fact, scientists reference the largest types as "supergiants." Biologists have identified a new such species, Bathynomus vaderi, named for its resemblance to Star Wars' Darth Vader ...

New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of extinction, with 24% of species in danger of being wiped out. Thousands of fish, crab and ...

Some of Donald Trump's top allies are saying aliens might be on the next administration's agenda, days before the President-elect returns to the White House. Donald Trump Jr., former Congressman ...

A US Air Force veteran claims he witnessed an alien and “nonhuman” egg-shaped aircraft while working for a secret government UFO retrieval program — a jaw-dropping claim that’s reportedly ...

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The unexpected crossover between Aliens and the Avengers is about to find a third entrant in the skirmish. The all-star team of Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic are reunited for Aliens Vs.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — When a boy named Elliott found an alien in the classic 1982 film "E.T." it offered easy answer to the question on every astronomer's mind: Are we alone in the universe?