But back in the 1970s, this was anything but a sure thing. Nobody knew whether HR Giger's horrific alien creature would hit big with audiences and it's fair to say that very few would have pegged this ...

In 1977, the alien-hunting astronomer Jerry Ehman spotted a signal from deep space which was so unusual that he scribbled the word "Wow" in the margin of his notebook. Now an American scientist has ...

One of the mysteries of space has been perplexing scientists for the last 40 years. Back in 1977, astronomer Jerry Ehman received such a strong radio signal coming in from the heavens, he wrote the ...

14:22, Thu, May 1, 2025 Updated: 14:31, Thu, May 1, 2025 Fans of the iconic sci-fi horror film Alien have unearthed an unnerving truth about one of its most famous scenes. Director Ridley Scott’s epic ...

Alien's chestburster sequence remains one of cinema's most shocking, and the legend of how it was filmed has become almost as infamous as the scene itself. Here, in an excerpt from his book, Cinema ...

With Alien: Romulus hitting our screens soon, it is as good a time as any to cast a discerning eye over the history of this at times breath-taking and always fascinating franchise and remind ourselves ...

On disc one, you can choose to see the original theatrical version or the new, slightly longer, director's cut. Extra material to look out for includes the crew listening to an alien transmission and ...

A scene showing an alien bursting out of John Hurt was apparently shown on ITV’s morning news (Picture: 20th Century Fox) ITV have reportedly come under fire for showing a horrifying clip from Alien ...

Warning! This article contains SPOILERS for Alien: Earth season 1, episode 1.The opening scene of FX's Alien: Earth is probably the closest we'll ever get to seeing a remake of the timeless original ...