Between government document dumps and a Spielberg movie about extraterrestrial life, it’s a good week to believe in aliens.

Alien first-contact stories are a classic of science fiction, and they’re all the more fascinating because they can feel like ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

Alien probes could already be hiding somewhere in our Solar System – and our current surveys are nowhere near good enough to ...

Aliens did not visit Earth in the distant past. They didn't build the pyramids or rule ancient Greece from Mount Olympus or teach Mesoamericans how to plant corn. How do I know? Because they didn't do ...

On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what appear to be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about education, edtech and higher education. Samples tested for toxic metals at a lab of Columbia University in New York, ...

Scientists have rewritten global 'first contact' protocols for how to confirm and announce the discovery of alien ...

reports of alien abductions and recovered memory syndrome or studies that don't reach traditional levels of significance. But neither controversial phenomena nor potentially illuminating but ...