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

Is intelligent alien life really out there? With powerful telescopes identifying more potentially habitable planets each year, the possibility continues to grow. But what would happen if we actually ...

Could intelligent alien civilizations really exist somewhere beyond Earth? As advanced telescopes continue discovering new potentially habitable worlds every year, that possibility seems more ...

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

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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 ...

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.

In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between. By James S.A. Corey James S.A. Corey is the pen name of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, the ...

Theological debates suggest alien encounters might challenge religious traditionalists more than dismantle faith.

Alien first-contact stories are a classic of science fiction, and they’re all the more fascinating because they can feel like predictions of a possible future. This is the book that made me fall in ...