These wildly different films explore the wondrous, and sometimes terrifying possibilities of contacting extra-terrestrial life.

Filmmaker Ram Madhvani and former NASA engineer Nimisha Mittal recently engaged in a fun and insightful conversation on alien life, cinema, and Disclosure Day.

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

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is being visited by creatures from light-years away.

Science fiction thrives on mystery. The greatest entries in the genre invite audiences to ponder humanity’s place in the universe while balancing intellectual