The Murchison meteorite carried something far older than Earth. Scientists found tiny silicon carbide grains inside it that formed nearly 7 billion years ago, long before the Sun existed. The ...

Steven Spielberg 's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is full of tear-jerking moments from its title screen to the closing credits. But few really get the waterworks flowing like the climactic near-death ...

James Cameron’s high-octane film sequel is a blueprint for modern action space slashers ...

The Alien franchise has made some interesting pivots in recent years. Ridley Scott's prequel films have largely been abandoned, Alien: Romulus attempted to bridge the gap between the first and second ...

Mr. Marche is the author, most recently, of “The Next Civil War.” He wrote from Toronto, where he lives. The rupture of the world order is going much better than expected. At first there was rage at ...

It didn’t take long for stories about extraterrestrials to reach our cinemas. George Méliès “A Trip to the Moon” introduced weird, easily explodable aliens called Selenites that capture the first ...

A Canadian who has worked in the gaming industry for over two decades, Beck grew up on games such as Final Fantasy and Super Mario Bros. He specalizes in roleplaying games, but covers titles in almost ...

One of the best horror games of the 2010s was Creative Assembly's Alien: Isolation, but it certainly took some time for audiences to see it in its proper light. Though it initially received mixed ...

12 years is a long wait to play the sequel to one of your favourite games of all time. During that decade-plus stretch, I’ve re-played the original Alien: Isolation multiple times, analysed its ...

The Xenomorph is obviously the star of the show in 20th Century's Alien franchise, but after playing the prologue of Alien: Isolation 2 at Summer Game Fest, I found myself unexpectedly excited not by ...