For generations, the search for life beyond Earth has focused on avoiding one of science’s biggest mistakes: claiming a ...

The object, called 3I/ATLAS, is only the third interstellar visitor ever detected passing through our Solar System.

Scientists have searched one of the only known visitors to us from another solar system for signs of alien technology – and ...

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

Legendary movie director Steven Spielberg sparked a viral reaction with recent comments questioning how alien disclosure ...

If and when SETI discovers alien life, a revised Declaration of Principles guarantees once the discovery has been verified, ...

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

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

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

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

In an astronomical first, researchers have measured the magnetic fields of 7 "hot Jupiter" planets beyond our solar system — ...