A team of astronomers claims to have sniffed out a “biosignature” in the atmosphere of a distant planet called K2-18b. But not everyone agrees that it signals life. An illustration shows what ...

You’ve traveled thousands of light-years through interstellar star systems. And now you’re stranded on a planet you know nothing about. As long as you’ve got oxygen, water and food aboard your ...

Noah Hawley has once more turned a respected movie –– or movies, in this case –– into a successful TV series that innovates while honoring the source. Fede Alvarez’ 2024 effort ‘Alien: Romulus’ had ...

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) focuses on finding technosignatures—potential signs of alien technology. If we look carefully, we might have a chance at detecting their ...

The new FX series went to Thailand to film a story that takes place in a hotter, wetter, more ominous world. By Mike Hale Mike Hale, a New York Times television critic, visited the set of “Alien: ...