Steven Spielberg says that he doesn't want to be the first human to meet alien visitors: 'I would not be the right person.' ...

The trip had all the makings of a boring car ride—until the couple saw mysterious lights approaching from the sky.

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

Raising several questions about why this article is appearing in the news cycle this week.

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

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

In 1997, a group that believed they were headed to heaven in a spaceship carried out the largest mass suicide on American ...

The group leading the charge in the search for extraterrestrial life has given the all clear: An interstellar comet looks to ...

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

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

PHOENIX - "Al" and "Bob" bound across their cages when Stuart Wells opens the door to their room at the Phoenix Zoo's conservation center. It's an act of aggression, says Wells, the zoo's director of ...

As a child, Steven Spielberg stared at a meteor shower and began his love affair with the sky. The director of the 1977 ...