For generations, the idea of an alien invasion has captured our imagination. Movies, television shows, books, and conspiracy theories have painted a picture of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations ...

A French weather photographer captured rare red sprites, or “space lightning," flashing above a mountain village. The brief mesospheric phenomenon is invisible to the naked eye and lasts only ...

Most alien invasion movies play out the exact same way. Some human beings are going about their lives, spaceships arrive, they blow things up, humans fight back, and save the day. The end. That's not ...

Since 1898 the West has been wondering when the aliens would attack. H.G. Wells wrote “The War of the Worlds,” an alien ...

The night is dark; darker than usual. There's a warm breeze in the air, but otherwise nothing stirs save for a strange metallic object careening through the sky. As it moves, a soft glow follows, ...

Director Roland Emmerich’s 1996 alien invasion movie Independence Day arrives on Netflix today and I, for one, can’t wait to watch the film for what might be the 50th time. Sure, there are plenty of ...