Everything really is bigger — and stranger — in Texas. This year proved the Lone Star State is full of wild surprises after several Texans spotted some rare and unusual encounters with sea creatures ...

Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a unique planet in another star system that’s shaped like a lemon. The lopsided Jupiter-style planet is so bizarre that it may blur the ...

For the first time, scientists have directly detected molecules in a Frisbee of gas and dust swirling around an alien gas-giant planet. “I didn’t think this was possible,” says astronomer Sierra Grant ...

There have been many different takes on the Predator franchise, but Predator: Badlands flips the script in a unique way. Traditionally, a Predator movie has a simple formula—a team of humans are ...

His business partner of over forty years, Kenny Penman, wrote to staff, "I'm very sad to have to let you know that my partner and fellow founder of the company, Jim Hamilton, passed away on Sunday.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made the first 3D map of an alien planet's atmosphere, revealing extreme temperature swings on the exoplanet WASP-18b. When you purchase through ...

What do Xenomorph eggs feel like? According to the special effects experts who designed them for Alien: Earth, the answer is warm and sticky. Second Skin Studio worked directly with Wētā Workshop and ...

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The newly described mouse opossum was discovered at a surprisingly high altitude in the Andes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

When Ridley Scott first premiered “Alien” in 1979, a new era of practical effects and creature design was ushered into the cultural zeitgeist. Almost 50 years later, the world that Scott built ...