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, ...
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Could aliens ever visit Earth?
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 first contact with extraterrestrial life.
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The truth about whether we’ve actually discovered alien life, according to astrobiologists
Every few months, someone announces we’re on the verge of finding alien life, and the headlines go predictably insane. What ...
Science fiction stories about “alien” invaders are often political allegories for anxieties around immigration. Now, a ...
It may seem like we are on the verge of discovering alien life. In 2025, a press release stated that we have the "strongest ...
The winds on seven hellish alien worlds are moving in the wrong direction. That strange anomaly just cracked open one of ...
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What would aliens really look like? Here's what the science says. And no, it's not little green men.
We talk to astronomer Professor Jon Willis about what form alien life may take based on evidence we find on Earth ...
Even though astronomers didn’t detect alien tech signals from a rare interstellar visitor, the results are worthwhile, they ...
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