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At San Diego Comic-Con today, the cast and director of Alien: Romulus joined a Hall H full of fans for a panel celebrating the upcoming film. And that panel included a never-before-seen extended ...

Humanity is on the way to confirming the existence of non-human entities and making contact with aliens within the next 50 years, as predicted by a leading British space scientist. According to Dame ...

10:31, Fri, Jan 2, 2026 Updated: 10:43, Fri, Jan 2, 2026 A British filmmaker claims the Vatican could be bracing itself for the prospect of an extraterrestrial invasion – with the Pope potentially ...

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