In celebration of World UFO Day, I asked ChatGPT to give me a scenario where aliens finally make contact with us — and its ...

The idea that humanity may soon meet extraterrestrial beings has long belonged to science fiction. But one man who claims to have spent four decades communicating with an alien intelligence says the ...

Your phone buzzes with a breaking news alert: “Astronomers detect unusual signal from distant star system.” Within hours, social media explodes with alien conspiracy theories, deepfake “evidence,” and ...

In the Star Trek franchise, the first human being to ever meet a Klingon on the timeline isn't an astronaut or an adventurer, ...

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

That’s where Star Trek: First Contact becomes such a fun comparison.