“Hollywood has preconditioned us to expect one of two types of alien contact, either a hostile invasion force or a benevolent ...

Columbia University professor David Kipping predicts humanity's first alien encounter will be with a rare, "loud" ...

Historically, many scientists and society have been fascinated by the prospect of making contact with extraterrestrial ...

There's the invasion by a warlike species, there's the highly evolved species trying to communicate with our primitive ...

In this scenario, our first contact with aliens would be tragic. We should look for "loud shouts in the night".

Scientists warn humanity that the first contact with an alien civilisation may be loud, chaotic and extreme, potentially ...