Are we alone in the universe? It's a question that's boggled boffins for years but we could soon have an answer, according to experts.
First contact would be a historic moment for mankind, trumping the moon landing or Elon's latest rocket launch, and could put an end to years of debate.
And that answer could be sooner than you might think, as a new study by the team at the University of California looked into whether intelligent extraterrestrial life could have responded to signals sent from Earth into deep space.