By Thomas Smith It has become part of my summertime routine to go for a swim on Monday evenings. After the hustle and bustle ...

Hennepin County Sheriff faces federal charges for blocking ICE access to inmates amid sanctuary city tensions.

King Arthur, his assistant Patsy, a Knight of Ni, and a shrubbery at Comic-Con. (Photo by Thomas Melville/Times of San Diego) Brace yourself, San Diegans. Tens of thousands of people, many in costume, ...

Welcome to June 2026, where the "New Normal" is a fever dream. If you’re picking a topic for your daily outrage, good luck. We’re playing a high-stakes game of Apocalypse Bingo, and everyone is losing ...

It didn’t take long for stories about extraterrestrials to reach our cinemas. George Méliès “A Trip to the Moon” introduced weird, easily explodable aliens called Selenites that capture the first ...

When I look at the night sky, I don’t wonder whether alien life is somewhere out there; I think it probably is. Considering the sheer number of stars in the cosmos, and the possibly larger number of ...

Polygon Summer Game Fest 2026 Live game reveals, world premiere trailers, and what’s next from 40+ developers, publishers, and hardware makers. Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is a co-op shooter where you ...

When the Trump administration registered the domains Aliens.gov and Alien.gov in March, UFO conspiracy theorists wondered whether they might finally get answers they’d long awaited. But coming on the ...

When Neil deGrasse Tyson was 9 years old, he visited the Hayden Planetarium for the first time. Growing up gazing into light pollution in the Bronx, he had no idea there were that many stars. “I was ...

In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between. By James S.A. Corey James S.A. Corey is the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, the ...

The fan favorite (and much longer) edit of David Fincher's film contains a different version of the much-maligned 'Alien' film. Here's what's new. By James Hibberd Writer-at-Large This version clocks ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's face lit up while he was answering questions this week about his recent assignment to identify and release government files on whether aliens exist. "Did ...