In a major development, scientists have released a detailed “first-contact” protocol as they prepare for the possibility of receiving a message from extraterrestrial intelligence.
The plan outlines how humanity should respond — from verifying the signal to deciding how (and if) we should reply. It addresses everything from scientific procedures to ethical and security concerns.
With recent discoveries of potentially habitable exoplanets and increased interest in unidentified aerial phenomena, many experts believe we need to be ready.
The inset image showing a mysterious structure on the lunar surface has only added fuel to the speculation.
