Scientists have rewritten global 'first contact' protocols for how to confirm and announce the discovery of alien ...

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 ...

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

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...

Our first contact with extraterrestrials is likely to be when their entire civilisation is in its final moments of total collapse. According to a top scientist, the first aliens we detect will be ...

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

A new preprint from David Kipping, assistant professor of astronomy at Columbia University, has suggested that our first contact with aliens will likely be atypical, and particularly bleak. Since at ...