The rules for one of humanity’s biggest possible discoveries just got a lot stricter, and a lot more aware of the world they now have to survive in. An international group of scientists has updated

The “post-detection protocols” for announcing the discovery and existence of alien life have just had their first major update in 16 years, though the all-important "no reply" rule remains in place. The universe is a pretty big place,

If and when SETI discovers alien life, a revised Declaration of Principles guarantees once the discovery has been verified, its disclosure will come soon after.

New SETI protocols outline how scientists should verify, share, and respond to potential evidence of alien intelligence in the modern information age.

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

In Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, opening tomorrow, protagonists race across the globe to expose a decades-long government cover-up and reveal to the world that extraterrestrial life is real. It’s a question Spielberg has been asking since his 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind: How would the knowledge of extraterrestrial intelligence change us?

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

The SETI Institute's search for life and intelligence beyond Earth depends on trusted data. As new observatories generate unprecedented amounts of data, scientists have more opportunities than ever to detect the unexpected. But any potential discovery must be independently verified, transparently shared, and rigorously tested.

The recent, widely covered signal that's allegedly got SETI hot and bothered is almost certainly not aliens. But that doesn't mean it's not cool. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit (opens in a new ...

Scientists failed to find radio signals emanating from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, further bolstering its status as a natural object, not one made by aliens.

Observations with the Allen Telescope Array set new limits on possible signals from extraterrestrial transmitters.