In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between.

Aristotle's views on the nature of the cosmos dominated the Ancient Greek world. He argued that there's only one world, at ...

Award winning duo James S. A. Corey show humanity’s struggle with staggering alien power in their latest installment of the ...

When the world is full of darkness and existential threat, how can science fiction adapt? When Earth can be more frightening ...

Over 60 years ago, Portsmouth residents Betty and Barney Hill claimed they were abducted by aliens while visiting the White Mountains. The Hills are the focus of a new exhibition at the Portsmouth ...

"It really bent your mind." The Artemis astronauts’ reflections echo a long described change that occurs when humans are ...

The science fiction blockbuster wowed audiences with its depiction of space travel and more. Here's what NASA staff and other ...

A fictional theory created by H. P. Lovecraft ended up changing 2001: A Space Odyssey - and the world.

A bizarre floating growth on the International Space Station has sent the internet into a frenzy because of its alien-like roots. NASA’s Don Pettit shared a picture of a potato he grew while onboard ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to study the harsh space weather around young M dwarf stars. Mysterious dips in starlight turned out to be massive rings of plasma swirling in the stars’ ...

Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known exoplanets that may have the right conditions to support life. Using new ...

How the Great Pyramid was built has long been the subject of debate, with one theory positing that ramps were employed to construct it, though no physical evidence of them remains. One scientist ...