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Trailer for 'Prometheus' Is Here, Jaw-Dropping

After a lot of teasing, it's finally here: the first trailer for Ridley Scott's insanely hyped “Alien” prequel / reboot “Prometheus” is finally here. Check it out in HD above. Fans of the franchise must already know that Scott has long vowed to return to the “Alien” myt...

23 December 2011
13:41 GMT

'iPhone 4S' Asks for iTunes with Its Guts Out (Photos)

Alleged photos of a partially assembled iPhone 4S are doing the rounds with one image showing the device asking to be connected to iTunes, as if it were on its death bed.Unlike the Alien III scene where synthetic humanoid Bishop tells Ripley to put him out of his misery by cutting the power to his innards, this alleg...

20 September 2011
04:55 GMT

Earth Generates 50-Light-Years-Long Electronic Trail

Seth Shostak, the chief astronomer at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute, says that our planet is leaving behind a massive trail of electronic signals that alien civilizations could detect even if we want them to or not. The trail is produced by all our electromagnetic communications, such ...

4 August 2011
08:11 GMT

UFO Fleet Spotted over London – Videos

We are not alone – or, at least, that’s what a series of videos now circulating online would have us believe. These past couple of days saw the emergence of several videos showing what looks like a fleet of UFOs hovering over London. Either the aliens no longer care about maintaining the cover they’...

27 June 2011
08:59 GMT

Alien Expert on Sammy Hagar’s Abduction Story: We Believe You

Some time ago, rocker Sammy Hagar broke his silence about his experience with extraterrestrial life and, it would seem, it’s pretty impressive. The star says he was abducted just recently – now, the founder of the Alien Research Group wants to reach out to him. Hagar spoke to MTV News a short while ag...

29 March 2011
04:24 GMT

New Details on Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’ Reboot ‘Prometheus’: Cast Is Complete

After months of speculation and anticipation, Ridley Scott’s “Alien” reboot / prequel is finally heading into the right direction. It’s actually a stand-alone film and has a cast that is bound to bring audiences in the theater by star power alone. As fans must know and as we also pointed out o...

27 February 2011
04:52 GMT

‘Alien’ Prequel Script Leaks Online

Plot details from Ridley Scott’s upcoming “Alien” prequel (he actually has plans of making two) have leaked online and are causing quite a fuss, even if Fox has already made sure the original story was removed. As we also informed you a short while ago, Scott got a green light on the budget for the ...

22 October 2010
06:11 GMT

Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’ Reboot Has Script, Green Light

Fans of the original “Alien” films can breathe easy: no budget restriction will be the end of the 2 prequels that Ridley Scott is preparing, because 20th Century Fox has already approved a first draft Damon Lindelof. A short while ago, Scott said that he planned to bring “Alien” back on the si...

14 October 2010
11:03 GMT

Ridley Scott Scouting for Female Lead in 3D ‘Alien’ Prequels

Despite rumors saying that the two “Alien” prequels Ridley Scot had in mind might not happen, all seems to go according to plan, with the director narrowing down his search for a female lead. Deadline has learned that, while Gemma Arterton remains in the running for the part, other names have also been th...

9 October 2010
02:41 GMT

Ridley Scott’s 2 ‘Alien’ Movies Are Too Expensive, Not Happening

Earlier this month, word got out that, for the upcoming 2 “Alien” movies, director Ridley Scott was looking to get Gemma Arterton for the lead. Now, it turns out, he may not be able to do the pics at all. Scott announced a while back that he was making not one, but two prequels to the legendary “Ali...

2 October 2010
07:15 GMT

Ridley Scott Wants Gemma Arterton for New ‘Alien’ Movies

Famous director Ridley Scott is currently working on two new “Alien” movies, now that reboots and prequels have literally become tradition in Hollywood. He’s also looking for a female lead – and has settled on Gemma Arterton.The British beauty, who’s already been in a James Bond film and...

7 September 2010
09:31 GMT

‘Avatar’ Sequel Is Coming, James Cameron Confirms

James Cameron’s latest film, “Avatar,” is not even out of theaters yet and the director is already thinking of a sequel, and maybe even a threequel as well. In the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly, Cameron opens up about how good it felt to prove all his critics wrong and, most importantly, of h...

15 January 2010
08:45 GMT

‘Avatar’ Fans Experience Depression, Suicidal Thoughts

James Cameron’s latest movie, “Avatar,” is not only a hit in terms of box office gross, but also with the kind of passionate reactions it stirs in fans. Some of them profess to have been so fascinated by the world presented in the film that the harsh reality they face once the movie is over is too m...

12 January 2010
03:52 GMT

Linguist Talks Creation of Avatar Language

James Cameron spent at least the past 12 years of his life working on his biggest pet project ever, a film that even he refers to as a massive “ego trip,” the upcoming “Avatar.” Dealing with the story of an alien civilization whose planet is being plundered by humans for its vast natural resou...

15 December 2009
06:28 GMT

Tony Scott Confirms ‘Alien’ Prequel

Not long ago, Fox Co-Chairman Tom Rothman was telling the media a new “Alien” movie was in the works, much to the delight of fans worldwide. At the time, Rothman could not offer too many details on the production but, luckily, Collider got a hold of Tony Scott, producer, director and brother of original &...

1 June 2009
11:05 GMT

Ridley Scott Returns to ‘Alien’ Franchise with Reboot

With Robert Rodriguez now hammering away at bringing back one of the most dreadful creatures to have ever come from space, with the “Predator” reboot, speculation has started to build up regarding another killer of the kind. Ridley Scott, the original director of the 1979 “Alien” movie, is now...

28 April 2009
11:22 GMT

Rapper Coolio Thinks Computers Come from Aliens

It’s been a while since anything was heard on rapper Coolio, but now he’s back in the spotlight, having been invited to appear on the “Celebrity Big Brother” UK reality show. However, for once, it’s not for his music that the rapper is holding the headlines, but rather for believing that...

13 January 2009
10:19 GMT

The Science Behind Keanu Reeve's Latest Movie

The latest movie featuring Keanu Reeves, as well as Will Smith's son, Jaden Smith, called “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” has been the most eco-friendly effort made by the people at 20th Century Fox studios. They even plan to send the movie in space from a dish antenna in Florida, towards Alpha Cent...

11 December 2008
07:16 GMT

Recognizing Alien Intelligence Feats

Assuming that Drake's equation would eventually proven right, and that there might be aliens out there (somewhere), and even that they are at least as smart as (we think) we are, the question still remains – What are the odds that we actually comprehend that we've stumbled upon a proof of alien intell...

7 December 2008
05:31 GMT

God Lags Behind Aliens and Ghosts in Credibility

A study presented by the British newspaper Daily Mail indicates that nowadays people are more prone to believe in little green men from the outer space and their hat-shaped flying saucers, or even in ghosts haunting old houses and woods than in God. This may come as a surprise, given that one would expect the Al...

25 November 2008
03:37 GMT

Meet ET in 20 Years

A new SETI tool in the search for intelligent alien lifeforms has been built. It is called the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) and it has recently been powered up in its first stage configuration of 42 antennas. When complete, in 2025, it will feature the combined power of 350 such dishes. The project, financed by Paul A...

13 November 2008
10:30 GMT

UK UFO Archive Made Public

Recently, about 1,500 pages containing 19 files on UFO and alien sightings and encounters were released by the Ministry of Defense as a sequel to a similar action in May. Still, those who hoped to finally bask in the light that these would shed on the controversial topic were bitterly disappointed. Not only did the ...

23 October 2008
06:35 GMT

New Computer Program May Help Decipher Alien Tongues

Let us cast aside initial skepticism for a little while, and imagine that there really are aliens somewhere. In fact, not just anywhere, but right here on Earth, on the Moon or on Mars – places to which we currently have some sort of direct access. Well, given this situation, what would we do, how would we be a...

22 October 2008
10:47 GMT

UFO Presence Is Old News

A recent investigation by British UFO expert Philip Mantle in Roswell, New Mexico - the most known supposed crash site of an unidentified flying object, which drew worldwide attention in 1947 - is supposed to shed new light on the alien visiting phenomenon.The UFO topic is among the most controversial ones ...

9 October 2008
05:24 GMT

The Myth Behind Crop Circles

At dawn, an increasing number of regular fields south of England become art, as their crop is tamped into complex patterns of rings, circles, squares and all the geometrical shapes you can think of. Crop circles have recently come into public attention, sparking many debates related mostly to their source.Technically...

19 September 2008
05:22 GMT

We Like to Believe in the Impossible

Lewis Wolpert from the University College, London wrote a book on the false belief systems, called "Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast," where he explains how our evolution and the development of our tools may have influenced our belief in supernatural events.  Many – if not most – people in our ...

18 September 2008
03:45 GMT

In Order to Signal Us, ET Plays with Stars

Unknowingly, when looking at certain stars with special features, we might be witnessing message transmission attempts from other civilizations, researchers claim.  Since mankind first came up with the idea that space might be too big just for us or that maybe God hasn't wasted all the universe just on terr...

12 September 2008
11:11 GMT

Alien Hominid HD - Hat Locations (Xbox 360)

Alien Hominid HD features completely hand-drawn high-definition graphics coupled with a familiar and accessible game play that makes it an addictive, side-scrolling shooter with cute, quirky humor and adjustable cartoon gore. Also, there is multiplayer mode to be selected at your desire, immersive environments, famou...

18 July 2008
09:37 GMT

UK Takes First Step towards Advertising Products to Aliens

History has been written on Thursday as UK became the first nation ever to advertise a product to a potential alien species living in our galaxy. The advert beamed into space is part of the Doritos Broadcast Project that offered the UK public the opportunity to create a video showing what life on Earth looks like. Th...

13 June 2008
07:46 GMT

Vatican: Nothing Wrong in Believing in Aliens

Astronomer Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, revealed in an interview published yesterday that the Vatican believed that alien life might exist and that it didn't necessarily mean it contradicted the belief in God. Makes you remember the cheerful days of the middle ages, doesn't ...

14 May 2008
09:48 GMT

Top Secret UK UFO Files Go Public

Following the initiative of their French neighbors who published their classified UFO files last year, the British Ministry of Defense has started on Monday a four year project destined to transfer the files to the UK's National Archives. The British Ministry of Defense now possesses about 160 UFO related files,...

14 May 2008
06:47 GMT

The Probability of Intelligent Alien Life

For a long time we have been asking ourselves whether we are alone in the universe. The truth is that we still do not know the answer to this question, however there is a high probability that there are other life forms besides those on Earth. After all, for all we know the universe may be infinite in space-time. Nev...

17 April 2008
04:18 GMT

The Search for Alien Life, a Search for Cellulose

According to University of North Carolina researchers, the search for extraterrestrial life forms does not necessarily require the find of the actual life forms. Evidence of its existence could be just as rewarding. They reveal that life on Earth could have actually appeared 200 million years earlier than previously ...

31 March 2008
03:46 GMT

How We Address ET

Third degree contact. Three words which can probably make a lot of people laugh. But this is no laughing matter; just look around you, we're not living in an isolated area, we're living in a universe, billions of light years across, with billions of galaxies and stars and most likely intelligent life as wel...

14 March 2008
05:12 GMT

Intelligent Aliens, Highly Unlikely Possibility

Recognize the guy in the picture? He is supposed to be an alien living somewhere in our galaxy, which will most likely pay us a visit in the near future with a warp capable ship, just to slaughter us like pigs while dressed in an invisibility cloak. Possible? Highly unlikely, according to planetary astronomer Dr Cha...

13 March 2008
06:41 GMT

Look at all These UFOs...

Wow, talking of the devil!... Why are we even funding the SETI institute in the first place? I mean just look, we have all the flying saucers and aliens right here on Earth. Only in the last year, more than 135 events were reported by people in the UK, claiming to have spotted Unidentified Flying Objects, while two y...

8 February 2008
10:37 GMT

NASA to Send Our Fellow Aliens a Copy of The Beatles' "Across the Universe" Song

The radio transmission will be aimed towards the Polaris star, commonly known as the North Star, which is located 431 light years away from Earth, and will have the role to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the day when The Beatles recorded the song and, at the same time, five decades since NASA launched its first ...

2 February 2008
04:58 GMT

SETI Needs YOU!

Well... not you specifically, just your computer! After some extensive upgrades of the Arecibo radio telescope which included, aside the first paint job in more than four decades, the installation of seven new radio receivers that allow the telescope to extend its radio spectrum to over 40 times that of the original...

4 January 2008
05:44 GMT

'Big Trouble on Little Earth' Launched by Gamevil

Gamevil is one of the biggest global mobile games publishers, with headquarters both in Los Angeles and in Seoul (Korea). Today, they've made the big announcement that informs us that the company is launching the Big Trouble on Little Earth game.Now that we know the game is out, you can take your mobile phone an...

20 December 2007
10:30 GMT

Aliens Are Bored to Death with Humans

You know how sometimes somebody talks to you, but they're saying so much boring stuff that you eventually start to ignore them? The truth is that we have been unintentionally sending radio signals into space for the last century, out of which seven decades of television transmissions, meaning that we have covere...

19 December 2007
03:14 GMT

Alien - Cheat Codes (PC)

Alien - the game is a slow moving but heavy strategy game, created after the movie made by Ridley Scott. In this omniscient menu-driven game, the player is put in charge of all of the crew members of the Nostromo. The game starts with one of the crew members being killed by the alien, which mirrors the death of Kane ...

29 November 2007
09:29 GMT

New Alien VS Predator Game Exclusively Designed for the PSP

Sierra Entertainment's name has been popping up everywhere these days. Whether it's Switchball and Word Puzzle for XBLM, Battlestar Galactica and the TimeShift Multiplayer Demo, the company covers at least two headlines each day. And since they're on a roll, Sierra have also confirmed the development o...

14 November 2007
09:35 GMT

Brand New Screenshots for 'Heavy Duty'

Akella is trying to blend two genres into one: robot battles (which is every kid's dream) and strategy (which is every serious gamer's dream). The prospect of this game is most promising and now they have some screenshots that strengthen that belief.The game's story is quite simple as Earth colonists a...

2 August 2007
03:02 GMT

US Government Intelligence Community Is Interested in UFO Researchers

The X-Files are a science fiction television series that deepened the already spreading mistrust of governments, interest in conspiracy theories and spirituality, and the belief in the existence of extraterrestrial life.A well respected author, Gus Russo, published the results of an investigation that may sound like...

26 June 2007
08:22 GMT

Could Aliens Speak English? Could they speak?

Doesn't it bother you that – as unlikely as it may seem – most alien species in the sci-fi productions can speak English, or Japanese, or French, or whatever the language of the show's producers and intended demographic is? Moreover, the same aliens seem to speak their native language when they don't ...

16 June 2007
07:19 GMT

How Would You Greet Aliens?

Now there's an interesting question. What would you do if you knew there are really extraterrestrial beings out there? I think it all depends on how exactly we will find out, but any scenario of this kind will be the breaking news of all history.I'm sure many of you are convinced aliens are really out ther...

9 June 2007
07:08 GMT

Arvoch Conflict

The week is about to end and let another game take its place in the review section. This time it's something pretty different.If you're bored already with puzzles or "zuma"-like games, here's something that will keep you busy. At least in the training area."Arvoch Conflict" is something that looks real...

8 June 2007
18:00 GMT

When Could We Meet the Aliens?

This morning, a group of astronomers attended a round-table discussion in London, with the UK science minister Malcolm Wicks, titled "Is there life out there? Other Earth-like or Habitable planets." They boldly predict that we'll find life on Mars in the year 2015, and life in other solar systems in 2020.I don&...

6 June 2007
08:18 GMT

Beware of the Alien Abduction Lamp

The truth is no longer out there, "they" took care of that. Who are they? The lamp designers. The Alien Abduction Lamp seems to be the perfect gift to offer to an alien.The lamp consists of a metal UFO containing the light, completed with an array of alien pilots, which is supported entirely on a frosted glass tracto...

6 June 2007
05:09 GMT

Search for Aliens Goes 24/7

SETI is an acronym for Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, the collective name for a number of organized efforts to detect Extraterrestrial life. The project aims to survey the sky to detect the existence of transmissions from a civilization on a distant planet.The institute is planning to have 42 radio astro...

29 May 2007
07:21 GMT


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