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

Steven Spielberg's return to science fiction has ignited far more than cinematic excitement, with his new UFO film 'Disclosure Day' sending shockwaves across social media after early reviews praised it as emotionally powerful,

Many of the officials claim they cannot share more evidence for or details about the claimed alien encounters because they remain classified. The film's most explosive allegation, that an alien species actually made contact with the government, is ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.