Alien first-contact stories are a classic of science fiction, and they’re all the more fascinating because they can feel like predictions of a possible future. This is the book that made me fall in

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 being visited by creatures from light-years away.

Steven Spielberg thinks his latest alien film is his most realistic alien movie yet. The director explained in a new interview how he dove into "Disclosure Day" looking to make it more factually accurate to aliens arriving on Earth than his iconic films "ET" or "Close Encounters of the Third Kind,

There is plenty of intriguing sci-fi on offer this month, whether it’s solar-powered cities from Adrian Tchaikovsky or a strange future from M. John Harrison

Quickly swapping her Prada heels for frightened glances and an alien invasion in Disclosure Day , Emily Blunt may be confronting a sci-fi benchmark she quietly set years ago.

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