When ET phones, don’t pick up. Scientists have outlined a set of protocols for responding to extraterrestrial contact, ...

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

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...

It starts with a signal. Faint, strange, and unlike anything humanity has ever recorded. Within hours, it escalates into an event that changes the course of history as an alien arrival on Earth ...

Alien first-contact stories are a classic of science fiction, and they’re all the more fascinating because they can feel like ...