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Cataclysms, conspiracies and rebellions featured in many of 2025’s biggest sci-fi shows. And while all that instability reflects poorly on the state of our world, at least it did make for fantastic ...

*Universal Pictures has released the first teaser trailer for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film “Disclosure Day,” marking the legendary director’s return to alien science fiction. The movie stars Emily ...

If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? That question sits at the heart of Disclosure Day, Spielberg’s new film. Here are 10 movies that ...

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Imagine that you’re an astronomer conducting a radio survey of the heavens. Maybe you’re searching for pulsars, or radio galaxies, or just mapping neutral hydrogen. Then, out of nowhere, you detect a ...

Is there an Outer SpaceX? With 3I/ATLAS set to fly by Earth in just over a week, experts continue to speculate over its origins. Harvard Scientist Avi Loeb believes that if aliens, the comet wouldn’t ...

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Our columnist picks the year’s outstanding books. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Alida Becker Alida Becker was an editor at the Book Review for 30 years. She was the ...