What is the best alien in all of pop culture? From the biologically plausible to the scientifically absurd, Neil deGrasse Tyson ranks the most iconic extraterrestrials from film and TV.

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00:00 - Introduction: Ranking Aliens

01:02 - War of the Worlds

4:38 - 2001 a Space Odyssey

5:32 - Contact

8:26 - Star Wars

11:19 - ET

13:26 - Twilight Zone

18:40 - The Great Gazoo from the Flintstones

20:11 - Men in Black

21:02 - Xenomorphs from Alien

23:11 - Announcement

23:42 - The Blob

25:00 - Predator

26:41 - Na’vi from Avatar

28:33 - Close Encounters of a Third Kind

34:39 - StarTrek Aliens

35:38 - Coneheads

37:00 - Septapods from Arrival

39:00 - The Day the Earth Stood Still

41:09 - Rick and Morty Aliens

42:32 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers

44:00 - The Brother from Another Planet

46:10 - Eridians from Project Hail Mary

48:20 - Superman

50:08 - The Day of the Triffids