"Project Hail Mary" really pushes the limit when it comes to non-humanoid aliens. But researchers posit that real aliens could be even stranger than that.

When Project Hail Mary debuted in theaters last month, people lost their minds over it. Fair enough. It's truly compelling to watch Ryan Gosling floating around in space and slowly piecing together ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Left to Right: Steven Yeun in "Nope," the alien in Steven Spielberg's "E.T." and Scarlett Johansson in "Under the Skin" (Universal ...

Humanity's ideas about alien existence often say more about us than the little green men we envision. Our conception of life beyond Earth reflects our collective hopes and fears about technology and ...