Alien invasion shows scratch a very specific itch. The thrill of watching your everyday life get hijacked by something bigger, stranger, and way out of your control? It’s crazy. The shows are part ...

Science fiction often takes audiences across the galaxy, seeing unknown worlds and creatures. It's typically a way to escape from reality and see something amazing — until the extraterrestrials invade ...

In Robert Zemeckis' classic film of Carl Sagan's science fiction novel "Contact," Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster), a scientist working for the SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), ...