For roughly the first three decades of his career, Spielberg tended to take a fairly sanguine view of aliens, refusing to succumb to the disaster-movie framework of aliens attacking terrified Earthlings. That changed in a big way after 9/11, when Spielberg made a couple of Tom Cruise -starring sci-fi blockbusters grappling with a changed world.

Alien worlds become the focus of this cinematic journey across the Milky Way, using the imaginary ship NAVIS III to explore some of the strangest planets and systems humans have discovered. The voyage begins beyond Neptune in the Kuiper Belt before moving toward Proxima Centauri B,

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

Scientists have updated global guidelines for announcing possible evidence of intelligent alien life, aiming to prevent misinformation, panic and confusion in the age of social media and AI.

New discoveries and fresh looks at familiar worlds show how far exoplanet science has come — and how much remains unknown. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This year, the number of ...

Isolation 2 hands-on preview from Summer Game Fest 2026 shows that Creative Assembly still knows how to make the Xenomorph terrifying.

The science fiction genre is home to many fascinating, terrifying, and breathtaking worlds that stretch the limits of imagination, from the hive of scum and villainy that is Tatooine in Star Wars to the lush, Earth-like exomoon of Pandora in Avatar.

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