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This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The TV series Alien:Earth has introduced a number of ...

A new philosophical paper argues that consciousness may not be exclusive to life as we know it. According to Eric ...

The nightmarish xenomorph, with its piston-like inner jaw and blood that could melt your face off, might be the “perfect organism” as succinctly described in the original Alien movie, but that hasn’t ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While the buzzy sci-fi series is science fiction (obviously), Dr. Sward says there's plenty of real science peppered throughout.

The first episode opens with a familiar scenario. We witness a research ship in deep space carrying unknown alien organisms suddenly having an outbreak, with the aliens killing most of the crew. But ...

The story of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and the European Space Agency's Philae spacecraft just got a whole hell of a lot more interesting. After a semi-botched landing resulting in the spacecraft ...

The TV series Alien:Earth has introduced a number of new creatures to the much loved, albeit terrifying, Alien franchise. But how realistic are the new aliens? That's a question that we—a trio of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first episode opens with a familiar scenario. We witness a research ship in deep space carrying unknown alien organisms ...