The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

Scientists updated first contact protocols for 2026, requiring multiple verification steps and UN consultation before announcing alien discoveries or sending replies.

Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day is the latest movie to tackle the subject of first contact, but these masterpieces ...

While this story of alien contact recalls the director’s classics, it substitutes clunky staging and exposition for their beauty and propulsiveness.