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 ...

A self-proclaimed time traveller claims aliens will make contact in 2028, sparking online debate. His assertions, made during ...

Steven Spielberg is back with a new alien movie called Disclosure Day, and it plays on the themes of his past efforts in the sci-fi genre. Spielberg has a strong history in alien movies, and ...

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. Real scientists all over the world are ...

Near the end of Star Trek: First Contact, after Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the Enterprise stop the Borg from altering history, the movie arrives at the scene its title ...