(RNS) — Thousands converged in Los Angeles for the Conscious Life Expo, where influencers and cultural shifts are fueling cosmic belief systems often featuring extraterrestrials.

The increasing scope of the MCU has seen some truly powerful alien beings introduced into the franchise’s stories. Some are naturally powerful, while others were shown to be enhanced by artifacts or ...

The actress, who played Ellen Ripley in the Alien franchise, praised Noah Hawley's new series, telling PEOPLE, "What I admire about it is the scope is so much more profound than just an Alien movie" ...

After over 15 years, director Steven Spielberg is finally getting back into the world of alien invaders. Sure, as a producer, Spielberg has continued to attach his name to shows like Falling Skies and ...

In the Alien franchise, the grisly deaths are usually reserved for the flesh-and-blood humans. But a few of the synthetic beings in the franchise have met horrible and gory ends too. In Ridley Scott’s ...

Users of a naturally occurring psychedelic drug are convinced they've encountered real alien beings, including 'machine elves,' which inhabit a realm beyond our Earth. These machine elves, described ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine a frequently floated belief that ...

When we imagine contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, we tend to picture messages: radio signals, mathematical codes, or perhaps a universal language waiting to be discovered. But what if alien ...

"I'm really enjoying it," Weaver said at the PEOPLE/EW and Shutterstock Studio at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival Alien: Earth has the seal of approval from Ellen Ripley herself. "I'm ...