A siphonophore—a colonial marine invertebrate related to the venomous stinging Portuguese Man-o-war—is scanned using Deep ...

Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, and Vivica A. Fox star in the iconic film, which hit theaters July 3 1996.

Maymo the Dog gets drawn into a wild game of laser pointer with an alien and can't resist playing along.

The universe seems endlessly vast and secretive when gazing up at a clear desert sky. Some researchers are concerned about who might be staring back a ...

Volker Engel and Douglas Smith revisit the signature scene from Roland Emmerich's 1996 summer blockbuster.

A set of protocols telling scientists what to do – and what not to do – if they ever detect evidence of intelligent life ...

One of the last 80s He-Man figures produced, this Skeletor has gone from an almost-forgotten obscurity to coveted collectible.

Bounce fruit off your biceps by flexing to the beat. Shout in time to communicate with an alien. Catch pudding molds with ...

Astronomers have recently started looking for black holes bigger than galaxies. Brian Lacki explains how these “stupendously ...

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

Somewhere out there, a planet roughly the size of Earth may be orbiting a distant star in conditions that could support life.