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 being visited by creatures from light-years away.

Hollywood’s science fiction films, particularly alien movies, can be divided into those before and after director Steven Spielberg, 80 years old. Before Spielberg, aliens were solely objects of fear and caution.

Steven Spielberg has spent nearly 50 years asking whether humanity is alone. With Disclosure Day, he sounds less interested in imagining the answer than in ... Read More

Steven Spielberg thinks his latest alien film is his most realistic alien movie yet. The director explained in a new interview how he dove into "Disclosure Day" looking to make it more factually accurate to aliens arriving on Earth than his iconic films "ET" or "Close Encounters of the Third Kind,

In "Disclosure Day," Steven Spielberg examines the mental, emotional, and even religious fitness of people to welcome the existence of aliens.

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

There is plenty of intriguing sci-fi on offer this month, whether it’s solar-powered cities from Adrian Tchaikovsky or a strange future from M. John Harrison

Two different ways to tell the same story. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Science fiction is not monolithic. There are, in fact, two major sub-genres that divide sci-fi — hard sci ...