In the episode, Mulder is shown evidence of alien life which may actually be part of a huge government hoax designed to deflect attention from secret military programs.
Either way, the discovery could pave the way toward finding more Earth-sized alien worlds, some of which may actually be habitable.
One of Lem's major recurring themes, beginning from his very first novel, The Man from Mars, was the impossibility of communication between profoundly alien beings and humans, which may have no common ground with human intelligence.
Many current social-cognitive and cognitive-behavioral models that address HIV-related stigma may not be feasible in resource-limited settings, or operate using a highly individualized framework, which may be alien in more collective societies, such as in many parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Li has some sort of alien-looking contraption on her knee, which may be hindering her movement.
And there are probably many more such planets orbiting at greater distances from their stars, some of which may even be "alien Earths" capable of supporting life as we know it.
In this broad understanding, they may include exemptions from the restrictions on property and inheritance which may normally apply to aliens.
San Antonio swept the Clippers in the conference semifinals in 2012, which may have felt like alien territory for a franchise that has been that far in the playoffs only six times in its 45-year existence.
These alien tree species establish and maintain forest cover, which may facilitate regeneration of native tree species.
With space aliens and backwoods healers around, nothing, it seems, is irreversible, which may be a good thing to keep in mind in the weeks ahead.
