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

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

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

The International Academy of Astronautics has updated its guidelines, requiring verification and UN consultation before ...

In Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, opening tomorrow, protagonists race across the globe to expose a decades-long government cover-up and reveal to the world that extraterrestrial life is real. It’s ...

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 ...

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

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

A new study analyzed how NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory might be able to confidently spot biosignatures in the ...