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.

Alien: Earth is also uncharted territory for the franchise, bringing the Xenomorphs to home turf for the first time (the end of Resurrection doesn’t count). So, with the show kicking off on Hulu and Disney Plus, this is what you need to know about the timeline.

Earth fast approaching its release date, the cast of the FX series has voiced their thoughts about a potential crossover with the Predator universe. In a recent interview, Babou Ceesay, Timothy Olyphant,

After launching the franchise with Alien in 1979, Ridley Scott returned in 2012 with a surprising prequel. Prometheus begins in 2089 (33 years before Alien) and follows a mission into deep space that unlocks the origins of both the Xenomorphs and humankind.

Predator: Badlands just dropped a new trailer that has delighted fans, including myself, as it incorporates elements of both the Alien and Predator franchises. Since the original Alien vs Predator movie was released in 2004, we've seen a lot of spinoffs ...

Con, fans could look one way and see a massive poster for the new Alien series coming to FX/Hulu this month, and look another and see marketing for Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands movie. So when I had the chance to talk to the filmmaker,

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.

Predator 2, released the next year in 1990, famously featured an Easter egg referencing Alien by including a Xenomorph skull on the trophy wall of the Predator’s ship.

A brutal alien planet isn't quite the same as future Earth, but Predator: Concrete Jungle has more than a few things in common with Predator: Badlands.

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