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

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

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

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

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

The SETI Institute is the latest to confirm what scientists have long suspected: the interstellar 3I/ATLAS comet is not an ...

As the Pentagon releases UFO-related files, the narrative of "Disclosure Day" mirrors real-life discussions on the ...

Christian apologist Frank Turek says believers have no reason to fear that the discovery of aliens would somehow undermine ...

US firm Vast is developing spinning space stations with artificial gravity to keep astronauts healthy on deep-space missions ...

For roughly the first three decades of his career, Spielberg tended to take a fairly sanguine view of aliens, refusing to ...

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination ...

Scientists failed to find radio signals emanating from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, further bolstering its status as a natural object, not one made by aliens.