Podcast: What would happen if we made contact with extra-terrestrial intelligence?

By Iain Todd

Published: Saturday, 17 December 2022 at 12:00 am

What would happen if we made contact with an extra-terrestrial civilisation?

Do organisations like NASA and the United Nations have protocol in place?

What would it mean, and are we prepared?

SETI and exoplanet researcher Emma Johanna Puranen discusses the implications of discovering intelligent life beyond Earth.

Follow Emma Johanna Puranen on Twitter via the @spacesword13 handle

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