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If science fiction flicks have taught us anything, it's that when we eventually find an ultra-intelligent alien civilization they're going to have big, oval-shaped heads and huge bulging eyes. When ...

Humans have long suspected that we are not alone in the universe, and now scientists have said there may be dozens of alien civilizations lurking not too far from Earth. Some of them may even be ...

Our home galaxy is not a run-of-the-mill spiral, at least when it comes to chemistry. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers ...

With the beloved film turning 20 this year, director Dean Parisot and Lahnk the Thermian himself, Rainn Wilson, look back on the creation of the beloved aliens. In the pantheon of alien-oriented ...

Earthlings talk a lot about the possibility of life on other planets throughout the universe, but astrophysicists say in a new study that humans may have dozens of extraterrestrial neighbors in our ...