As I found while working on my own novel, writing about aliens can be strangely helpful in this pursuit. Just as astronomers use telescopes to examine celestial objects light-years away, novelists can invoke imagined civilizations to reveal truths closer to home,

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Creative Assembly has confirmed that Alien: Isolation 2 will take place months after the first game and is once again inspired by the first Alien movie.

Maybe we did not create life in the biological sense, but maybe we created something stranger: an alien form of intelligence.​

We're disclosing what Steven Spielberg, Demi Lovato, Tom Cruise and more celebrities have said about the possibility that the people of Earth aren't alone in this universe.

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

Alien: Isolation 2 feels incredibly similar to its predecessor, but there's room for surprises in the great outdoors.