The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

Scientists updated first contact protocols for 2026, requiring multiple verification steps and UN consultation before announcing alien discoveries or sending replies.

A new preprint from David Kipping, assistant professor of astronomy at Columbia University, has suggested that our first contact with aliens will likely be atypical, and particularly bleak. Since at ...

In celebration of World UFO Day, I asked ChatGPT to give me a scenario where aliens finally make contact with us — and its ...

For decades, scientists have scanned the stars for even the faintest whisper of intelligent life. Now, with fresh government ...

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 ...

Scientists have rewritten global 'first contact' protocols for how to confirm and announce the discovery of alien intelligence, stressing verification and transparency in an age of deepfakes and ...

Source: JWST/NASA Given the immense age of the universe and staggering number of potential habitats, it is possible, if not probable, that the universe is teeming with intelligent lifeforms. First ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Steven Spielberg's new extraterrestrial thriller, "Disclosure Day," starring Emily Blunt, ...

In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between. By James S.A. Corey James S.A. Corey is the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, the ...