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 ...

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

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

E.T. could be phoning home — but we’re not hearing the call. A new study published in The Astrophysical Journal argues that “space weather” could be distorting incoming transmissions from ...

“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.

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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 ...

Disclosure Day,” a new extraterrestrial tale from Steven Spielberg starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth and Colman Domingo, is winning over Rotten Tomatoes critics in a big way.

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