From the Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian to the classic series Star Trek: The Next Generation, these are the best sci-fi shows that feature aliens.

Suppose an alien civilization discovers Earth and decides to investigate. Before it chooses a landing site or considers how ...

Netflix just earned itself another underrated alien movie, featuring an actor from Purgatory (2026). The sci-fi comedy Save ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. The Alien prequel series Alien: Earth wrapped up with Episode 8 on Tuesday with an ending ...

From the '80s horror film The Thing to the modern masterpiece Project Hail Mary, these are the greatest sci-fi movies that ...

Ridley Scott may not be done with the Alien universe after all. Speaking to Screen Rant in 2025, Scott said that the future of the Alien franchise was out of his hands. One year later, he's writing ...

Disney and 20th Century Fox have taken notice of Alien: Romulus and Alien: Earth success. A Romulus sequel is reportedly in development, while Season 2 of Alien: Earth is currently shooting, reuniting ...

Belen Edwards is an Entertainment Reporter at Mashable. She covers movies and TV with a focus on fantasy and science fiction, adaptations, animation, and more nerdy goodness. She is a member of the ...

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...

When Neil deGrasse Tyson was 9 years old, he visited the Hayden Planetarium for the first time. Growing up gazing into light pollution in the Bronx, he had no idea there were that many stars. “I was ...

What do you get when you introduce a whole load of aliens, an intergalactic colony seeping with death, and a raging storm? The aptly named Alien Deathstorm, that's what. After playing a half-hour-long ...