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

For decades, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has focused on subtle whispers in the cosmic noise, the faint, ...

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

For decades, science fiction writers have tried their best to prepare us for eventual contact with aliens. Their efforts are dominated by several recurrent tropes. There's the invasion by a warlike ...

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Scientists warn humanity that the first contact with an alien civilisation may be loud, chaotic and extreme, potentially appearing as unusual cosmic signals rather than polite communication.

Columbia University professor David Kipping predicts humanity's first alien encounter will be with a rare, "loud" ...