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Alien: Isolation 2: This highly anticipated sequel has no release date yet, but here's everything else we know

By Fran Ruiz Published 11 October 26

More than a decade after the original, Sega and Creative Assembly are bringing back a true Alien survival horror experience.

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'Aliens: The Video Games' author Mike Diver on overlooked Alien games, tracking down retro game developers, and the future of the Xenomorph (interview)

By Fran Ruiz Published 25 August 26

We chat to author Mike Diver about this complete chronicle of Alien video games.

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'We Want to Believe' book explores the reality of UFOs: 'It's always going to be more likely that someone is wrong about what they saw' (interview)

By Jeff Spry Published 22 August 26

Acclaimed literary critic and Senior Editor at The Atlantic Adam Kirsch explores humanity's insatiable drive to wonder at unidentified phenomena in the skies.

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Navy pilots have encountered unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).

'This is unprecedented': Why the Pentagon's recent UFO file releases are so important

By Leonard David Published 17 August 26

The Pentagon's recent spate of UFO releases represent a big shift and are of great benefit to the country, according to disclosure advocate Mike Gold.

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A scan of a color copy of the original computer printout, taken several years after the 1977 arrival of the Wow! signal.

On this day in space! Aug. 15, 1977: Mysterious 'Wow!' Signal boosts search for E.T.

By Hanneke Weitering Published 15 August 26

On Aug. 15, 1977, astronomers using Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope detected the famous "Wow!" signal, which remains unexplained to this day.

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'Aliens' at 40: James Cameron's sequel is a sci-fi icon, but did you know he quit the movie twice?

By Sergio Pereira Published 19 July 26

Forty years ago, Aliens burst into our hearts, but this classic sequel nearly fell by the wayside due to some serious studio-created problems that saw James Cameron quit twice.

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'We knew we had a lot to live up to': As 'Aliens' turns 40, we chat with the legendary VFX masters who created the Alien Queen (interview)

By Jeff Spry Published 18 July 26

Legacy Effects' Oscar-nominated duo Shane Mahan and Lindsay MacGowan share tales from the trenches of 1986's 'Aliens'

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'Aliens' at 40: Here are 26 reasons why James Cameron's sequel is still the greatest sci-fi action movie of all time

By Richard Edwards Published 17 July 26

Sorry, "Predator", but four decades later, this is still the sub-genre's high watermark

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'Masters of the Universe' is spacier than we expected (and it's awesome)

By Chelsea Gohd Published 5 June 26

Let's take a look at the movie's 10 spaciest moments

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This image captured during NASA’s Apollo 17 moon mission in December 1972 contains three “dots” in a triangular formation in the lower right quadrant of the lunar sky that is clearly visible upon magnification of the image.

The UFO files: What did we learn from the Pentagon's 1st big release?

By Leonard David Published 19 May 26

On May 8, the Pentagon released its first tranche of "UFO files." Space.com reached out to experts to make sense of this highly anticipated data drop.

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