A megacorporation's research ship returns from a 65-year mission into deep space loaded with gooey alien specimens. But—and stop me if you've heard this one before—something goes wrong. The ship ...

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Elio,” now playing in theaters. Disney Pixar’s latest animated feature, “Elio” centers on a young orphan boy who is desperate to be abducted by aliens.

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...