30 best alien movies of all time, according to fans — and Aliens is only #4

For your extraterrestrial viewing needs, Stacker ranked the top 30 alien movies, according to their IMDb user rating.

Alien-Like Reproductive Strategy Found in 125-Million-Year-Old Fossil

But exploring the evolutionary roots of these diverse maternal methods is tough, because reproductive tissues decay quickly ...

Here’s How This ‘Hobbit’-Like Human Ancestor Survived on an Island with Komodo Dragons

Researchers working with the Smithsonian poured over 10,061 artifacts and other elements to determine whether tiny ‘Homo ...

31 alien-like marine species discovered off the coast of Brazil

A siphonophore—a colonial marine invertebrate related to the venomous stinging Portuguese Man-o-war—is scanned using Deep ...
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‘Supergirl’ found its hero but lost the plot

Given so little beyond function — showing up, doing damage and fleeing — he serves more as a plot mechanism rather than a ...

We Could Seed Alien Life Elsewhere in the Universe—But We’ll Never Undo the Devastating Consequences

Could humans spread Earth life beyond our planet? Astrobiologists explain where extremophiles might survive and why the risks ...

We Could Seed Alien Life Elsewhere in the Universe—But We’ll Never Undo the Devastating Consequences, Scientists Caution

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...

A Sea Anemone Uses CARDIB to Fight Viruses—and It’s Even More Bizarre Than It Sounds

Teetering near endangered status, the starlet sea anemone produces “an ancient mechanism” for fighting viruses that ...

This mysterious radio signal has puzzled astronomers for nearly 50 years

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Strange, Feathered Dinosaur May Have Glided Between Trees Like a Flying Squirrel to Hunt Birds 120 Million Years Ago

A fossil of the creature provides the first evidence that microraptors lived in what is now northwestern China. Its discovery ...

Over 9,000 Unidentified Objects Have Been Spotted Near U.S. Coastlines. Are Underwater UFOs a Real Threat?

From the Navy’s infamous Tic-Tac encounter to thousands of recent reports, believers say some of the strangest UFOs may be hiding underwater.
Smithsonian Magazine

What’s Behind Steven Spielberg’s Lifelong Obsession With Flying Saucers and Extraterrestrial Visitors?

Half a century after "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," the director returns to the subject of UFOs with "Disclosure Day." His science fiction films are informed by his fascination with alien encou ...