Rocky, the adorable alien creature in Project Hail Mary, lives in relatively close proximity to the home world of an iconic ...

Some of the most famous alien races in all of science fiction originate in the "Star Trek" universe. From the violent, war-mongering Klingons to the silly, furry Tribbles, there are any number of ...

It's not just iconic characters like Kirk, Spock, and Janeway that have made "Star Trek" one of the best science fiction franchises of all time. It's also its memorable alien races like the Klingons, ...

When 1979 audiences met Ash in Alien, a synthetic crew member on a spaceship felt like an idea centuries away. While androids as portrayed in the Alien movies still aren’t a reality, there have been ...

A violent, almost demonic alien race called the Furies first appeared in a series of Star Trek crossover novels published in 1996. Titled Star Trek: Invasion!, these four novels spanned the 23rd and ...

Sam Barsanti has written about pop-culture for 10 years, and his work has appeared at The A.V. Club, Primetimer, IGN, and Collider. He has also contributed to the popular daily Hustle newsletter, ...