The Simpsons Sunday episode (15 February), titled ‘Irrational Treasure’ finally explained a long-held gag that went totally ignored for 37 seasons of the hit family cartoon. It’s the couch joke.

Part of what makes some classics worthy of such a title is the ingenuity and borderline movie magic they employ to tell their story. In the case of "Alien," for example, director Ridley Scott used ...

This cartoon shows a UFO hovering above the Earth, shining a bright beam down like a tractor light. Instead of pulling up people or cattle, it is lifting oil barrels into the spacecraft. On the side ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...

Sigourney Weaver has shared some new thoughts about why Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5 never happened. Weaver played Ellen Ripley in Ridley Scott’s Alien, which was released in 1979. She then went on to ...

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...

Sydney Chandler in "Alien: Earth" and Noah Hawley (FX/Marshall Tidrick) “Alien: Earth” has been greenlit for a second season as Noah Hawley sets a new overall deal at FX and Disney. Hawley, the ...

“Alien: Earth” has just concluded its first season, bringing the world originally imagined in Ridley Scott’s 1979 masterpiece to terra-firma for the very first time. (The original marketing materials ...

The showrunner on the final moments of season one, and how they impact the show's future: "These children have no idea what's coming." By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large FX’s Alien: Earth concluded its ...

After watching the latest episode of Hulu’s Alien: Earth, I posted on social media: “Every single plot point in Alien: Earth is built on characters making stupid choices, often while in circumstances ...

“Emergence” is the penultimate episode of Alien: Earth (or at least this first season), so it should be no surprise that all the players and pieces get arranged for an exciting showdown in the finale.