Oh, how the times have changed. Not too long ago, if you claimed you believed in aliens, people would have thought you were crazy. Now, not only are people believing in them, but there are support groups for people who have endured alien encounters.

Is intelligent alien life really out there? With powerful telescopes identifying more potentially habitable planets each year, the possibility continues to grow. But what would happen if we actually made contact,

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t have enough common ground for that to even be possible?