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 ...

Your phone buzzes with a breaking news alert: “Astronomers detect unusual signal from distant star system.” Within hours, social media explodes with alien conspiracy theories, deepfake “evidence,” and ...

Humanity loves imagining first contact as the big emotional moment: the ship lands, the music swells, and everyone feels very mature about tentacles. But this video makes the more irritating point ...

Near the end of Star Trek: First Contact, after Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the Enterprise stop the Borg from altering history, the movie arrives at the scene its title ...

Steven Spielberg says he "would not be the right person" to serve as an ambassador for humanity when we meet aliens. The filmmaker says that he "would really look forward to" a real-life Disclosure ...

The International Academy of Astronautics has updated its protocols for confirming and announcing the discovery of alien life. New guidelines address the modern challenges of social media, ...

Thanks to Summer Game Fest, fans have received their proper first look at Alien: Isolation 2, marking the end of a decade-long wait for a sequel to Creative Assembly's underrated 2014 survival horror ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Steven Spielberg says he "would not be the right person" to serve as an ambassador for humanity when we meet aliens. The filmmaker ...

Steven Spielberg thinks he deserves to see an alien — but he doesn't want to be an ambassador for all mankind. The Jaws filmmaker shares his attitude toward the idea of meeting aliens in an interview ...