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The Eschatian hypothesis: Why our first contact from aliens may be particularly bleak, and nothing like the movies
A new preprint from David Kipping, assistant professor of astronomy at Columbia University, has suggested that our first contact with aliens will likely be atypical, and particularly bleak. Since at ...
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With days left on Baba Vanga’s 2025 alien prediction, scientists explain what first contact would look like
For most people, the idea of alien contact has been shaped less by astronomy than by cinema. Films have taught us to expect intention: visitors who arrive either with open hands, as in E.T., or with ...
It’s one of the most popular themes in science fiction—top secret government experts are ready to spring into action if a UFO appears. For example, in the novella-based 2016 film Arrival, the ...
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