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

The “post-detection protocols” for announcing the discovery and existence of alien life have just had their first major ...

The findings of a new study may help "explain some of the radio silence we’ve seen in technosignature searches" for alien ...

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

Scientists now believe alien signals may have already reached Earth, and the reason we keep missing them has nothing to do ...

Technosignatures are theoretical signs of technologically advanced alien civilizations, but so far, none of those civilizations have phoned home. Researchers from the Search for ExtraTerrestrial ...

In the endless search for technosignatures—signs from some technologically advanced intelligent alien civilization—we’ve done everything from monitoring radio arrays to hypothesizing about whether ...

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

The skepticism and debate around the question of "are we alone in the universe" makes the field of astrobiology more cautious When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

More than 1,000 scientists have quietly updated the world's post‑detection protocols for alien contact, doubling down on the ...