In April 2026, the Artemis II mission successfully completed its 10-day journey, carrying astronauts farther from Earth than ever before and marking the first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17. Yet, ...

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

According to popular media, the search for alien life involves advanced technology, space exploration and sometimes even government conspiracies and secret programs. But according to University of ...

Scientists have rewritten global 'first contact' protocols for how to confirm and announce the discovery of alien intelligence, stressing verification and transparency in an age of deepfakes and ...

Experts stress need for transparency while aiming to prevent premature announcements and protect scientists ...

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 ...

Using emerging radio techniques refined during and after the Second World War, the astronomers detected a powerful radio ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...

Institute have identified a physical mechanism that could finally explain the galaxy's radio silence, suggesting that ...