Aliens

The “aliens are coming” speech that convinced 39 cultists to take their lives

A recently-released tape from the Heaven’s Gate cult offers a disturbing portrait of the man who convinced 39 people to commit suicide in 1997, believing their souls were going to join aliens on the Hale-Bopp comet. This was the exact spiel that cult leader Marshall Applewhite used on his initiates, to convince them that they…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jun 14

This is the next anime film Hollywood will become obsessed with

Check out the latest trailer for the new cyberpunk anime hotness, Exaella before it’s remade with Shia Labeouf. Also enjoy new clips from CJ7 the cartoon, and the Warhammer-inspired film Ultramarines! Exaella This is it, the new anime hotness that could get Hollywood all hot and bothered, until someone remakes it as a soulless shell…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jun 13

Hints of Life Found on Saturn Moon

Two potential signatures of life on Saturn’s moon Titan have been found by the Cassini spacecraft. But scientists are quick to point out that non-biological chemical reactions could also be behind the observations. Titan is much too cold to support liquid water on its surface, but some scientists have suggested that exotic life-forms could live…

Space & Spaceflight New Scientist Jun 4

Help a crazy person out, won’t you?

A fellow in Queens, NY took out a Craigslist ad looking for a “listener.” We’d like to think the want ad that follows is a fake — but we’re prepared for the very real possibility that it isn’t. What gets me isn’t what he’s asking for — someone to “sit in my living room and…

io9 Marc Bernardin Jun 2

Alien Languages: Not Human

In the following essay, Anassa Rhenisch discusses why alien languages will have almost nothing in common with human tongues…and why alien forms of communication could eschew language altogether. Contrary to Hollywood and the majority of fictional languages, alien languages are almost certainly not going to look like human ones. They’re not going to have the…

io9 Anassa Rhenisch May 30

Bathe in the unearthly light of alien abductions, with UFO lamps

When the aliens finally come to sweep you up into their tentacled embrace, their dazzling lights may disorient you so much, you’ll be helpless to stop them. So it’s best to prepare by getting one of Jason Dietz’s UFO lamps. We’ve already shown you lamps that celebrate the wonder of cow abductions, but Dietz’s handiwork…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 25

Aliens Leave a Pop Quiz In a Rapeseed Field

Apparently bored with abducting yokels and being shot at by Will Smith, some erudite extraterrestrial has deposited a crop circle in England that puts our left brains to the test. What you’re looking at, Earthlings, is a complex mathematical theorem. The pattern showed up recently in a field in Wiltshire, and looks to contain a…

Tech News Brian Barrett May 25

Interact With 12 Scientific Game Changers

Scientific American put together an interactive piece on 12 events that could drastically change the world, from nuclear exchange to cold fusion to the discovery of other dimensions. Pretty much all the stuff Lost totally prepared us for. The feature illustrates all of the potentialities—the breakthroughs and the catastrophes alike—with diagrams, photographs, and expert video…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert May 24

In YOUR lifetime: clones, fusion energy, extra dimensions and first contact with aliens!

This is the coolest thing you’ll see all day. Scientific American has an interactive infographic showing twelve things that could/will happen by 2050. We’ll meet aliens, fight nuclear wars, clone people and discover extra dimensions. Witness the animated tesseract!

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 24

Today we’ll find out if aliens hijacked Voyager 2

Communications troubles with space probe Voyager 2 – a vessel containing “we are here” messages for aliens – inspired speculation that ET had commandeered the vessel. But NASA calls it a technical glitch. Today is the moment of truth. The furor began last month when the probe, which sends back regular updates to Earth, began…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 19

V gets shoved to ABC’s midseason line-up

Alien series V may have picked up for a second season but the new episodes won’t be starting until midseason for ABC, which is quite a ways away. [TV] https://gizmodo.com/v-picked-up-for-a-second-season-5538692

io9 Meredith Woerner May 19

Jemaine Clement will challenge Vincent D’Onofrio for best Men In Black villain

Jemaine Clement, best known for his work on Flight of The Concords, has a knack for dickish characters, so we’re extra-excited that he’s playing the villain of Men In Black 3. The Hollywood Reporter explained that Clement is in final negotiations to play the new MIB 3 villain. After his latest gig as the villain…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 19

Super 8 Viral Site Hides Clues In Newspaper Articles And Popsicle Ads

Super 8 wouldn’t be a proper J.J. Abrams film without perplexing viral marketing. This weekend, the clues began filling the internet in earnest, as two newspaper clippings – complete with hidden messages – surfaced on the website ScariestThingIEverSaw.com. ScariestThingIEverSaw.com – a website whose name was gleaned from a camera reel in the Super 8 preview…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 17

Down With Crappy CG Aliens, Support A Real Monster

A new short film, Vessel, is attempting to bring back real monsters, with an alien created out of practical effects. Support real monsters, and check out our exclusive gallery of Vessel’s new alien including creepy prosthetic limbs and bits! Vessel is a project after our own hearts. Shunning the recent crop of over CG-ed aliens,…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 17

Did A UFO Just Buzz New Jersey?

This strange, silvery sausage drifted over New Jersey yesterday, prompting fears that a UFO might be menacing the Garden State. According to the New Jersey Star Ledger: Somerville Police Lt. Donna Young said authorities were not sure what the object was, but said it caused no problems other than tying up police phone lines shortly…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 14

Sharlto Copley Has High Standards For What An Alien Should Look Like

New alien film I Am Number Four ditched District 9’s star Sharlto Copley in favor of Timothy Olyphant, due to scheduling conflicts. But was the real reason Copley left a Spielberg/Bay-produced film a fight over fake alien ears? I Am Number Four, which is D.J. Caruso’s next film adaption of James Frey and Jobie Hughes’s…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 13

Dan Aykroyd’s Alien Rant: “They’re Breaking The Law”

Dan Aykroyd doesn’t belief we’ll ever have a “formal” relationship with aliens – because of 9/11. But that doesn’t matter, because the 23 other species constantly observing the human race should all be arrested. Watch Aykryoyd’s Larry King rant. [Videogum]

io9 Meredith Woerner May 12

The 10 Weirdest Twilight Zone Villains

So tomorrow is Twilight Zone Day. In honor of this inexplicable holiday, here are the underappreciated baddies of the Serlingverse. Never mind psychokinetic children who’ll turn you into a jack-in-the-box. We’re talking evil genies who’ll turn you into Hitler! Just FYI, this article contains spoilers for episodes that aired almost 40 years ago. Just saying.…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 10

Men In Black 3’s Agents Are Hunting Down Josh Brolin

We’ve known about the Josh Brolin MIB3 casting rumors for a while. And now that Sony has secured Will Smith they’re more confident, announcing they’re in advanced negotiations for both Tommy Lee and Josh Brolin — for the same part? https://gizmodo.com/josh-brolin-is-itching-to-put-on-his-final-black-suit-f-5422221 Sony has announced that they want all the original characters back — plus one…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 10

Watch The Trailer For J.J. Abrams’ Mysterious New Movie

No, it’s not a prequel to Cloverfield, as many suspected. The trailer for Super 8, which premiered before Iron Man 2, is a wholly original Steven Spielberg-J.J. Abrams collaboration. Here’s the new trailer. Warning: spoilers below. We’ve been DYING for an intelligent Area 51 movie, and who better to work on on an alien picture…

Movies Meredith Woerner May 7

The “aliens are coming” speech that convinced 39 cultists to take their lives

This is the next anime film Hollywood will become obsessed with

Hints of Life Found on Saturn Moon

Help a crazy person out, won’t you?

Alien Languages: Not Human

Bathe in the unearthly light of alien abductions, with UFO lamps

Aliens Leave a Pop Quiz In a Rapeseed Field

Interact With 12 Scientific Game Changers

In YOUR lifetime: clones, fusion energy, extra dimensions and first contact with aliens!

Today we’ll find out if aliens hijacked Voyager 2

V gets shoved to ABC’s midseason line-up

Jemaine Clement will challenge Vincent D’Onofrio for best Men In Black villain

Super 8 Viral Site Hides Clues In Newspaper Articles And Popsicle Ads

Down With Crappy CG Aliens, Support A Real Monster

Did A UFO Just Buzz New Jersey?

Sharlto Copley Has High Standards For What An Alien Should Look Like

Dan Aykroyd’s Alien Rant: “They’re Breaking The Law”

The 10 Weirdest Twilight Zone Villains

Men In Black 3’s Agents Are Hunting Down Josh Brolin

Watch The Trailer For J.J. Abrams’ Mysterious New Movie

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