A planet with one side permanently roasting and the other frozen in endless darkness might still have a chance of supporting life. Researchers found that heat inside a tidally locked exoplanet could ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Anne Schedeen, the actress best known for playing Kate Tanner on NBC sitcom ALF, has died at 77. Her family announced she passed peacefully.

US firm Vast is developing spinning space stations with artificial gravity to keep astronauts healthy on deep-space missions and push the search for alien life.

The Spielberg film that left me most confused and disappointed. Originally conceived by fellow legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, this project soon turned into a dream collabora ...

Disclosure Day is a thought-provoking exploration of human psyche in a sci-fi drama featuring a masterful performance by ...

Where Spielberg's visions once seemed to be leading the culture, now he's following decades of lore and mythology. The UAP files show a lot of things we’ve seen before — in grainy U.S. military ...

New SETI protocols outline how scientists should verify, share, and respond to potential evidence of alien intelligence in the modern information age. Reading time 4 minutes The moment of first ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

In this video I put together an alien themed raw dinner for my puppy using a bright green slow feeder that looks like a little planet. I layer in raw venison, crunchy treats, berry snacks, goat kefir ...

The curse of sub-par games based on the Alien franchise seems to be over. Alien: Isolation is a superb blend of stealth and horror. Aliens: Fireteam Elite is a fun co-op shooter that’s best played ...

A new, secretly filmed documentary profiling one of the most prominent names in the UFO disclosure movement has crash-landed at the height of the federal government’s release of unclassified documents ...