Modern astrobiology suggests that alien life would not evolve randomly, but under the same ruthless evolutionary pressures that shaped life on Earth. Scientists expect traits like symmetry, vision, ...

For generations, science fiction has imagined what life might look like on other worlds. These aliens are fictional, sure, but some of them are informed by real evolutionary processes on Earth. That’s ...

It’s a beautiful night. Just you, a bottle of wine and your partner drifting through the cosmos in a UFO. As your caress their green skin, you know that tonight’s the night you’re mating with an alien ...

Director James Cameron’s acclaimed sci-fi movie Aliens turns 40 in August. It’s a sequel to Ridley Scott’s claustrophobic ...