When Man Met Its First Starborn Race
The Discovery That Changed HumanityFor centuries, human race looked toward the stars and wondered whether Earth was alone. Ancient civilizations created stories about beings who lived beyond the sky, while Bodoni scientists searched for planets, radio signals, and chemical show that could indicate life elsewhere. Most researchers expected the first discovery of alien life to postulate simpleton organisms, perhaps bacteria concealed beneath the surface of a remote moon. Few unsurprising world's first encounter with an well-informed refinement to materialize so on the spur of the moment. The began with a signal heard by a network of deep-space observatories. At first,…