Microscopic bits of alien tech on the moon? As scientists searched for intelligent extraterrestrial life — i.e., aliens — they’ve focused on a short list of standard possibilities. In other words, ...

If the Milky Way ever hosted a star-faring civilization, its most durable monument may not be a beacon, a ruined spacecraft or a city-size machine. It may be dust. A team of researchers argues that ...

Let's pretend that you want to figure out why alien civilizations have not yet made contact with our little island Earth, a concept called the Fermi paradox. One possibility is that they're out there, ...

Perhaps no movie was primed to be a video game more than Aliens. A bunch of marines with guns up against hordes of monstrous beasties? That’s a video game, baby. That was true for the first Aliens: ...

The US government has been sharing more information about UFOs. That's fueling excitement over the possibility of the president announcing that humans are not alone. Twenty years later, the former is ...

Woody Woodpecker made his theatrical debut in the 1940 short Knock Knock before making the jump to television with The Woody Woodpecker Show in 1957. Created by Walter Lantz, the mischievous bird ...

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From Matt Foley to “Lazy Sunday” to “Washington’s Dream,” SNL fans voted on the 100 greatest sketches in the show’s 51-year history.