Scientists Just Updated the Rules for What Happens When We Find Aliens

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

SETI finds no evidence of alien tech on 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet

The SETI Institute is the latest to confirm what scientists have long suspected: the interstellar 3I/ATLAS comet is not an alien spaceship.

Alien signal claims face stricter verification under updated disclosure rules

The IAA SETI Committee has updated rules for evaluating and revealing the detection of extraterrestrial intelligence.

Searching for Aliens Is More Like Archaeology

For decades, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has been guided by one hopeful assumption: somewhere in the galaxy, another civilization may be trying to reach us. Radio telescopes have lis
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Fact Check Team: Pentagon releases new UFO files, but no evidence of aliens found

A new batch of declassified Pentagon UFO materials is fueling fresh public fascination — but files still do not confirm extraterrestrial life.

Could it be aliens? From Cheyava Falls on Mars to exoplanet K2‑18b—here's what scientists really think

It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the "strongest hints yet" of extraterrestrial life on the exoplanet K2-18b. And when talking about a collected sample from a rock named "Cheyava Falls" on Mars,