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

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Technosignatures are theoretical signs of technologically advanced alien civilizations, but so far, none of those civilizations ...

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

More than 1,000 scientists have quietly updated the world's post‑detection protocols for alien contact, doubling down on the rule that 'no reply should be sent' without global agreement.

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 ...