The USCSS Nostromo, that famous ship from the iconic sci-fi horror classic, Alien, was named after a key character from a ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. How much do we really know about what else is out there in the universe? Let’s take an outlandish example. If there ...

The Space Jockey in the pilot's seat. In the 1979 Alien film, the USCSS Nostromo is diverted to LV-426 to investigate a transmission being broadcast by the Space Jockey Ship. When Arthur Dallas, Joan ...

When Earth gets to be too much, there's nothing quite like heading to the stars with an unforgettable space movie. Hollywood's fascination with outer space has led to an abundance of movies featuring ...