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

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

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

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions comes up with an epic extraterrestrial playlist for Earth’s first contact from beyond the stars ...

More than 1,000 scientists have quietly updated the world's post‑detection protocols for alien contact, doubling down on the ...

The “post-detection protocols” for announcing the discovery and existence of alien life have just had their first major ...

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

Astronomer Jon Willis warns that alien signals could be passing Earth unnoticed because humans are searching on the wrong ...

When ET phones, don’t pick up. Scientists have outlined a set of protocols for responding to extraterrestrial contact, ...

Steven Spielberg reflected on his beliefs about aliens, as well as his wife Kate Capshaw and kids, during an exclusive E!

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

Astronomers swept millions of candidates and found no alien signals from K2-18b, setting the first power limit on any ...