You are driving alone through a quiet countryside road at dusk when something strange appears in the sky. A sudden white ...

This new group, which is led by Harvard professor Avi Loeb, aims to advise the Trump administration and the U.S. intelligence ...

What happens if scientists find evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence? That question was at the center of a recent SETI Live discussion about newly updated post-detection protocols and how ...

A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a ...

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

Military and commercial pilots are increasingly treated as star witnesses in UFO debates, but psychologists warn their dramatic testimonies cannot, on their own, prove alien visitors.

Steven Spielberg isn't just the director of several classic movies featuring aliens. He's also a believer. His father, Arnold Spielberg, was an electrical engineer and big science fiction reader who ...

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

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The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions comes up with an epic extraterrestrial playlist for Earth’s first contact from beyond the stars This week’s new question: ...

Researchers at the SETI Institute found no evidence of alien technology after analyzing radio signals from the object. 3I/ATLAS was the third comet ever discovered originating from outside our solar ...