Earth landing on Hulu, we asked a zoologist if any of the Xenomorph's infamous characteristics occur in the natural world

The series starts aboard the Maginot, a Weyland-Yutani spaceship carrying some extraterrestrial cargo. Don't get too attached to the crew. The most notable person - technically, he's an cyborg - onboard is Morrow (Babou Ceesay),

Earth doesn’t settle for unleashing the franchise’s signature acid-blooded terror on a new stage. It drags an entire menagerie of extraterrestrial nightmares down to our planet.

In space, no one can hear you scream, but they can sure hear you scratching your head as you try to make sense of the sprawling “Alien” universe.

There's "a great equalizer," Hawley points out, in the first episode of Alien: Earth. Kirsch ( Timothy Olyphant ), a synthetic, tells one of his hybrid charges, Wendy (Sydney Chandler), how humans used to be food but convinced themselves otherwise when they formed civilization. They're now being reminded to rethink that mindset.

Alien: Earth has captivated both critics and fans by revealing a previously unheard-of new vulnerability in the Xenomorph.

Moments after reuniting with Wendy, a Xenomorph attacks and pulls Joe away. This echoes an earlier scene in which the creature nearly killed him before Morrow temporarily neutralized it. The episode ends as the Xenomorph takes Joe, setting up a potential rescue attempt in the next installment.

The El Capitan Theatre was buzzing as D23 fans got an exclusive first look at "Alien: Earth" during a special early screening.

The Veil Nebula, located about 2,400 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus, is the visible portion of that larger Cygnus Loop, a vast supernova remnant created by the explosion of a star about 20 times the mass of the sun, some 10,000 years ago, according to NASA.

The original Alien Xenomorph was discovered not in a glowing egg on a faraway planet or scuttling around a gloopy nest, but down the pub. That’s where Peter Archer, one of the film’s casting directors,