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

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

These wildly different films explore the wondrous, and sometimes terrifying possibilities of contacting extra-terrestrial life.

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

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