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

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

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Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day may be built around extraterrestrial mysteries, but its true focus is empathy. Through ...

For generations, the search for life beyond Earth has focused on avoiding one of science’s biggest mistakes: claiming a ...

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