Alien first-contact stories are a classic of science fiction, and they're all the more fascinating because they can feel like predictions of a possible future. Real scientists all over the world are ...

Must-read, all-time literary classics like Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe, and Moby Dick are among the most influential adventure books ever.

When I look at the night sky, I don’t wonder whether alien life is somewhere out there; I think it probably is. Considering the sheer number of stars in the cosmos, and the possibly larger number of ...

The Alien franchise isn't just movies. Since the '80s the saga has ballooned to include video games, comics, and books. And not just comic adaptations and movie novelizations. In 2005, Michael Jan ...

When Neil deGrasse Tyson was 9 years old, he visited the Hayden Planetarium for the first time. Growing up gazing into light pollution in the Bronx, he had no idea there were that many stars. “I was ...

Written by Steve Perry and published by Bantam Spectra on September 1, 1992. The novel is approximately 278 pages and is the first in the trilogy. Wilks and Billie go on an expedition to a ...