Planets that once lived only in pulp novels and movie concept art are now turning up in real data. Astronomers are not just finding distant worlds, they are cataloguing places with molten surfaces, ...

Astronomers have discovered a unique planet in the Milky Way's Volans constellation, featuring a molten surface and sulfur-rich atmosphere. This hellish world, over 60% larger than Earth but less ...

Worlds upon worlds await us in the cosmos and we’re finding more all the time. Before 1992, we weren’t even completely certain planets existed outside of our solar system. Now, astronomers are finding ...

Water may not be essential to support life, and an entirely different type of liquid could do the same in alien worlds, a new study claims. Until now, water has been considered a requirement for life ...

Stellar plasma can smear alien radio signals before they escape their star system, making them harder for astronomers to detect.

The worlds of Alien and Predator have collided before, but one of the stars of the upcoming series Alien: Earth would love to see that rivalry return in a brand-new way. Sydney Chandler , who plays ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about TV shows, movies, video games, entertainment & culture. First of all, no, Alien: Earth is not a nature documentary.

Around a decade after Ridley Scott’s original Alien premiered, and less than two years after James Cameron’s sequel Aliens, Dark Horse Comics debuted its Aliens comic book series by Mark Verheiden and ...