Be it sci-fi, immigration or even artificial intelligence, the concept of "aliens" mirrors how we define fear, fascination and the "others" among us.What springs to mind at the mention of "alien"?

Theoretically, it’s impossible for us to perceive a 4D creature. That is, unless it broke into our three-dimensional reality.

Like everything else in the modern landscape, Alien exists not only on the big screen but in comics, video games, toys, and even television. Despite the movies largely keeping xenomorphs defined by ...

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...

For nearly five decades, Steven Spielberg has helped define what alien stories mean to movie audiences. Sometimes they arrive as cosmic miracles. Sometimes as existential threats. Sometimes as ...