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A giant metallic jagged wheel rips apart roads, buildings and cars.

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Buried over two miles beneath the East Antarctic Ice sheet lurks Lake Vostok — an isolated body of subglacial water, removed from the rest of the world for more than twenty million years. Now, Russian researchers are just a few meters of ice away from entering an environment unlike any we've ever seen... at least, not here on Earth. More »
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This video of a weirdly sparkly UFO was taken a few days ago in the skies above Tijuana, Mexico. Could it be the same UFO that taunted police by flying over an airport in Mexicali last week, leading to a high-speed chase? More »
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Say goodbye to your innocent childhood vision of multi-colored Space Invader bugs dancing happily across the sky. Character artist Tom Carruthers would like to replace it with a fang-filled piece of fleshy nightmare fuel. More »
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Now that we're all 100% certain that the Space Jockeys will be making a cameo in Ridley Scott's Alien prequel Prometheus, it's time to sit down and get the lonely space pilot's story straight. For example, are they elephant people or suits? How tall are they? What is their role in Prometheus ? More »
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It sounds like Russell T. Davies still has plenty of genre television up his sleeve. Davies' agency has revealed that Davies is co-creating a children's series for the BBC's CBBC channel titled Aliens vs Wizards, which the BBC is describing as "Doctor Who meets Harry Potter." Joining him on this genre mashup is Doctor Who writer and Sarah Jane Adventures head writer Phil Ford, and, reportedly, a large chunk of the Sarah Jane crew. More »
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Remember those veiny xenomorph ice cube trays from Japanese design firm Kotobukiya? Well, they've stepped up their baffling/genius cinematic tie-in game with these marvelously phallic Alien chopsticks. For $10, you can shove the tails of some facehuggers or chestbursters into your gaping maw. Given how smugly those xenomorphs are posing, I'm not 100% positive they're flaunting tails.

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Alien vs. Predator was by no means brain candy, but that doesn't mean you and an opponent can't settle your differences using this natty Xenomorph versus Yautja chessboard. Hell, go the extra mile and indulge in some chessboxing. Emulate AVP's hammy fight scenes! More »
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Could this be the most horrific concept art ever created for a kiddie show? Artist Eric Canete developed these nightmarish visions for a new revival of the Cartoon Network series Ben 10, but he tweeted that they'll probably never be used "because it'll scare your childrens." No freaking kidding. More »
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This week, we play catch up with Marvel Anime: X-Men (with Marvel Anime: Blade starting in January!) a take a look at new episodes of Robot Chicken, Generator Rex, along with the China, IL New Year's Special. Young Justice & Star Wars: The Clone Wars return next week, so keep tuned for new cartoons! Minor spoilers ahead.

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Killer Klowns from Outerspace has been resting in your Netflix Instant Watch queue for far too long. And now, next year will herald the schlocky return of the alien killers that just so happen to look like humanoid jesters. More »
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When you consider the utter vastness of space, it isn't hard to accept that, somewhere out there, extraterrestrial life probably exists. That being said, one can just as soon reason that the Universe is so immense, the odds of us actually finding evidence for the existence of alien organisms are probably pretty slim. Given the mind-boggling hugeness of the cosmos, where would we even begin looking for signs of life? More »
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Over at UFO Disclosure Countdown Clock, the UFO experts have put together an end-of-year feature about why 2011 was the year of the Orb. Above, you can see one of several videos they've posted to illustrate their point. This particular video was filmed by an "Orb caller," whose commentary track must be heard to get the full lowdown on my favorite new UFO feature, known as "molecular plasma." More »
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There's something fantastical about optical illusions. Whether they're hidden images that only appear after staring, or things that are not what they appear, optical illusions feel like you're peering into another world. So it's especially awesome to see optical illusions that feature science fiction and fantasy themes. More »
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What would non-carbon-based life really be like? What would it want from us? Bruce Dorminey, science journalist and author of "Distant Wanderers: The Search for Planets Beyond the Solar System," interviews NASA astrochemist Max Bernstein about the possibility of silicon-based life, in an article from Universe Today. More »
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In this exclusive behind the scenes clip from Cowboys & Aliens, watch John Wayne's grandson cower before the very difficult task of being thrown into the sky off a horse! Thank goodness Olivia Wilde was there. More »
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When the aliens from The Darkest Hour attack our American heroes stranded in Moscow, they cascade in on a ball of lightning whips and pure energy. At least that's what it looks like — but what are the rules for surviving this alien attack? More »
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The internet has been buzzing over what appears to be a hyper-detailed synopsis of Ridley Scott's long-awaited movie Prometheus, which went up at BoxOfficeBuz.com today. But before you get excited about it, this synopsis has been floating around since August. And it was "confirmed to be fan fiction" in early October. Just FYI. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5863499&view=rss&microfeed=true This week a conference on UFOs, science and consciousness was held in Johannesburg, South Africa. This is the city where gamechanging SF movie District 9 takes place, but apparently that movie has less hold on locals' imaginations than recent flop Cowboys & Aliens does (see io9's glowing review of Cowboys & Aliens here). One of the conference organizers told attendees that aliens have been coming to Earth for millennia to mine for gold. More »
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You may remember Austin's Old Murder House Theater troupe from their gleefully no-budget live production of Robocop. Last weekend, the group staged a 90-minute, fast-forwarded recreation of James Cameron's space marine classic Aliens at a local hockey rink. The best part of the show? Only the xenomorphs really knew how to skate, whereas the space marines lurched for their lives. Witness the unparalleled chaos that was Aliens on Ice. More »
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Science fiction is overrun with Martians, from monstrous invaders to shapeshifting superheroes to Santa-kidnapping buffoons. To make sense of over a century's worth of Martians, we present this grid ranking scifi Martians on their goodness and just how alien they are (click to expand). More »
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Ridley Scott's latest addition to the Alien series, Prometheus, had been shrouded in mystery, until now. A heap of movie images have appeared online — showing off new space costumes, giant set pieces and Michael Fassbender's beautiful bleach blonde mane. More »
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We've got new 14 stills and a new clip from the alien-invasion movie The Darkest Hour, coming this Christmas. When the aliens invade, we're forced to follow a pack of Americans stuck in Russia during the big attack. More »
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This past weekend marked the opening of the American Museum of Natural History's brilliant new exhibition, Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration. As part of our ongoing Hardcore Science Interview series, io9 spoke with the show's curator, AMNH astrophysicist Michael Shara, about the exhibit. More »
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The International Raelian Movement might be the world's most science-fictional religion — at the very least, they're up there with Scientology. Their founder claims he met the aliens who created the human race, and their main ritual involves sending your DNA to an alien planet. The group announced they cloned a human baby in 2002. They want to rebuild African women's clitorises in a special Pleasure Hospital. More »
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Watch Emile Hirsch and his pack of twentysomething American buddies just get ripped to shreds by an electric alien army while trapped in Russia. What's Russian for "You can't beat the dredge!" More »
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Robin Williams is doing press for Happy Feet Two, and he's apparently in a mood to reminisce. Moviefone got him talking about a lot of his early projects — including how his alien sitcom Mork and Mindy got off the ground: More »
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Behold a giant-headed alien mummy that turned up in Peru. Stare into the all-knowing eye sockets of an alien that somehow wound up on Earth many years ago, and was mummified by the locals. But what was is it doing here? More »
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Now that it's conquered the zombie genre niche, AMC is taking on UFO space dramas. AMC has picked up the hour-long UFO drama Thunderstruck from David Eick of Battlestar Galactica. If The Walking Dead is any indication, you should brace yourself for some seriously depressing alien creatures. More »
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Why do so many of science fiction's greatest stories have to do with meeting — and possibly falling in love with — strangers and strange beings? Author Pat Cadigan, whose story "Angel" is in the new anthology Alien Contact, muses about the allure of Meeting the Other. More »
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There's no surefire way to find evidence of alien civilizations — indeed, they're basically all long shots — but a new method could reveal the existence of aliens just like us. And we've almost got the technology needed to do it. More »
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There's been a lot of back-and-forth about the links between Ridley Scott's new scifi feature Prometheus and the Alien franchise. Now the director's cleaned up some confusion about the movie's title and its place in the world of the xenomorphs. More »
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The White House has responded to two petitions asking the US government to formally acknowledge that aliens have visited Earth and to disclose to any intentional withholding of government interactions with extraterrestrial beings. More »
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Don't worry—if we do find evidence of Martians, it will still be on Mars, we'll probably just have to dig a little deeper to find it. A new NASA study has concluded that if life ever thrived on the Red Planet, it probably did so underground, just below the planet's surface. More »
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Having sworn off family-friendly comedies for now, Eddie Murphy has returned to making terrible science fiction movies instead. His next project: an alien abduction side-slapper. More »
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Encounter at Raven's Gate — which is alternatively titled Incident At Raven's Gate — is a 1988 small town alien invasion family melodrama directed by Dutch-born Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer. The film opens in media res with astrophysicist and Miami Vice villain Dr. Hemmings (Terry Camilleri) going driveabout across the Australian Outback tracking an alien spacecraft. More »
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Why feature a boring ordinary Jack O'Lantern, when you can confront trick-or-treaters with Khan? Or a Xenomorph? Or the incredible cuteness of Totoro? Here are some of our favorite science fiction and fantasy icons, immortalized as glowing pumpkins, to help inspire your own Halloween decorations. More »
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While writing and shooting the prequel to John Carpenter's ice-cold horror story The Thing, director Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. had a chance to explore the original movie's backstory. Find out how and why the thing crashed on Earth in our exclusive interview. More »
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Xenomorphs are the (giant, deadly, and acid-filled) cockroaches of the universe, so it's no surprise they've encountered such famous superheroes as Batman and Green Lantern. Here are ten occasions the Aliens invaded someone else's franchise.

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IDW has given us an exclusive sneak peek of the fourth and final issue of their monster mash miniseries Infestation: Outbreak. The issue hit stands Wednesday, October 12. Here's the solicitation from IDW: More »
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