“Hollywood has preconditioned us to expect one of two types of alien contact, either a hostile invasion force or a benevolent ...

Could the first confirmed signal from an extraterrestrial source be less a hello than a goodbye? Astrophysicist David Kipping ...

There's the invasion by a warlike species, there's the highly evolved species trying to communicate with our primitive ...

Scientists warn humanity that the first contact with an alien civilisation may be loud, chaotic and extreme, potentially ...

Scientists suggest the first alien signal we detect could be a desperate cry for help from a fading civilization.

In this scenario, our first contact with aliens would be tragic. We should look for "loud shouts in the night".

Historically, many scientists and society have been fascinated by the prospect of making contact with extraterrestrial ...

The first signals from extraterrestrial civilisations, according to David Kipping's Eschatian Hypothesis, are likely to be ...

For as long as humans have looked up at the night sky, we've wondered who, or what, might be looking back. Journalist Becky Ferreira dives into this rich history in her new book "First Contact: The ...