The traditional astrophysical recipe for life as we know it is quite simple: Get a rocky, gas-shrouded world in a “habitable zone” orbit around a star so that it’s not too hot or too cold. Then just ...

Is intelligent alien life really out there? With powerful telescopes identifying more potentially habitable planets each year, the possibility continues to grow. But what would happen if we actually ...

Wed, September 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM UTC Noah Hawley: Well, they asked nicely. If it was just a monster movie, I don't think there would have been enough there to do long-form storytelling. You can ...

Now, the new film Predator: Badlands is getting attention for its prominent use of Weyland-Yutani, the organization that has been a major part of the Alien franchise since the start. Yet this is ...

The story is set in the year 2120, just two years before the events of the original Alien and 16 years after Alien: Covenant. At this point in Earth’s history, the world is ruled by five massive ...

The “Alien” franchise gets an exciting new entry in its first TV series, “Alien: Earth,” which explores life on our planet in the context of the hunt for xenomorphs to study and weaponize. The ...

Don’t expect a straightforward timeline, because continuity is a mess with the Alien and Predator timelines (even if, as in this list, you choose to ignore tie-in comics, novels, and games). Predator: ...

In space, no one can hear you scream. And, as it turns out, in space, nobody can tell if you’re bad at your job, either. At least, that seems to be the premise of Alien: Earth episode 5, in which we ...

Alien: Earth is the latest entry in the long-running sci-fi horror franchise. But in a major first for the series, Alien: Earth isn’t a movie, but a TV show, from Fargo and Legion creator Noah Hawley.