The Alien Autopsy Scandal broadcasts on Sky Documentaries at 9pm on Friday 12 June. It’ll also be available on the Sky Go streaming service for Sky customers, or on NOW for NOW subscribers.

"That is why it is important to keep searching."

Maybe we did not create life in the biological sense, but maybe we created something stranger: an alien form of intelligence.​

Editor Regis Kimble says the creature’s reveal was never the priority, though one episode-two scene proved too intense even for FX.

Scientists are stunned by HD 189733b, a blue planet 63 light-years away, resembling Earth but far more hostile. Orbiting its star in just two days, it endures scorching temperatures, supersonic winds,

For generations, the search for life beyond Earth has focused on avoiding one of science’s biggest mistakes: claiming a discovery that turns out not to be real. Researchers have built entire frameworks around preventing these so-called false positives,

The SETI Institute is the latest to confirm what scientists have long suspected: the interstellar 3I/ATLAS comet is not an alien spaceship.

She even returned seven years later for the equally celebrated sequel, Aliens — it’s not that surprising that Aliens holds up so well, especially since it was directed by sci-fi savant James Cameron.

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

Isolation, the game never faded from the minds or mouths of horror aficionados. With such a tall legacy, I was excited to jump into Alien: Isolation 2 at Summer Game Fest to learn more about how Creative Assembly was planning to follow up on its smash horror hit.

Creative Assembly has confirmed that Alien: Isolation 2 will be built with Unreal Engine 5, but the team is also developing custom technology.