Scientists updated first contact protocols for 2026, requiring multiple verification steps and UN consultation before ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist ...

If and when SETI discovers alien life, a revised Declaration of Principles guarantees once the discovery has been verified, ...

Every few months, someone announces we’re on the verge of finding alien life, and the headlines go predictably insane. What ...

The winds on seven hellish alien worlds are moving in the wrong direction. That strange anomaly just cracked open one of ...

New SETI protocols outline how scientists should verify, share, and respond to potential evidence of alien intelligence in ...

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the "strongest ...

On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what appear to be ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for ...

Science fiction stories about “alien” invaders are often political allegories for anxieties around immigration. Now, a ...

We talk to astronomer Professor Jon Willis about what form alien life may take based on evidence we find on Earth ...