4 Hostile Alien Civilizations That May Be Hiding in Our Own Galaxy

 

The millions or billions of planets that make up our galaxy. The search for extraterrestrial life has helped us uncover hundreds of planets outside our solar system. Still, none yet harbor intelligent life, nor have we found signs of intelligent civilizations inhabiting one of the Milky Way’s many billions of stars — at least not yet. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t there.

 

Extraterrestrial Life Exists

While we’ve yet to discover intelligent extraterrestrial life, there are good reasons to believe that alien civilization exists within our galaxy. Scientists estimate that about 100 billion stars exist in our Milky Way alone. With countless systems and many worlds harboring life, it seems plausible (if unlikely) that at least one or two may have developed advanced intelligence.

 

A Brief History of Earthly Aliens

A giant fleet of alien warships hovered above Moscow, threatening to wipe out humanity. A gray alien with big black eyes approached Betty and Barney Hill, abducted them from their car, and probed them with advanced technology. A humanoid alien with a bulbous head wanted to make first contact, but what if these aliens were hostile? Could humanity defend itself? Scientists have yet to discover definitive proof of aliens elsewhere in our solar system—but they haven’t ruled it out either.

 

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)

SETI is an organization of scientists, academics, and fans that comb electromagnetic signals from space to search for signs of intelligent life. Because just because we haven’t been contacted yet doesn’t mean alien civilizations don’t exist. In fact, some scientists say there could be billions of advanced civilizations right here in our own galaxy! But how do we know for sure? And how will we actually communicate with any extraterrestrial bits of intelligence (ETIs)? Let’s find out...

 

SETI Now

What’s New? This month, we’re presenting information about some of our favorite topics. Extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI), and evidence for it, are always near the top of that list. This week, we want to tell you about a few civilizations that may be lurking nearby...just waiting to be discovered! But first, here are three things you should know.