The CBS series Threshold, starring Peter Dinklage and Carla Gugino, was a clever sci-fi story that would've worked better on ...

A major claim in the older media cycle was that NASA removed the book and related materials. Whatever happened during the original wave of reporting, the current reality is clear: NASA now provides an ...

After years of uneven entries and stalled projects, the Alien franchise is reclaiming its place in pop culture.

Did aliens influence mankind in ancient times? Yet another season for the show that has been saying "yes" since 2009 ...

Since Ridley Scott brought the Alien franchise to life with his groundbreaking 1979 film, it has grown to become a hallmark of the sci-fi horror genre. The franchise has shaped themes such as ...

A controversial new scientific paper has sent shockwaves through the academic community by suggesting that life on Earth may not have emerged through natural processes alone, but could instead be the ...

The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.

The streaming era of television has been great for sci-fi fans. Streaming services regularly shell out millions of dollars on big-budget science fiction spectacles, while older series are now ...

io9 watched a lot of TV this year. And while we enjoyed a great deal of what we saw, these 12 shows—listed in alphabetical order below—impressed us the most. They all took creative risks while ...