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 ...

The search for alien intelligence is entering a new phase as scientists expand beyond traditional radio signal searches and ...

The Great Filter theory suggests advanced civilisations may self-destruct before contacting others, explaining the universe's ...

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 ...

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

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

These wildly different films explore the wondrous, and sometimes terrifying possibilities of contacting extra-terrestrial life.

Neil deGrasse Tyson calls on the government to just show the alien, saying Americans are ready for disclosure after years of hearings and UAP files.

Explaining why the film didn't go into more detail about precisely what the message was, or the nature of the reactions in the aftermath of disclosure day, he added: "In the begin ...

Following the government's release of declassified UAP files, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) updated its list of eight principles that were designed to guide our search for ...

Do not shout ‘alien!’” Amid surge of public interest in UFOs or UAP, one group updated its rules for how news of extraterrestrials should be revealed.