IAA Updates Guidelines for Declaring Extraterrestrial Evidence: A Global, Rigorous, Transparent Framework Expanding Technosignatures

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An international panel updated its guidelines for announcing evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life to require rigorous verification, broad international input, transparency, safeguards for researchers, careful news handling, consideration of diverse technosignatures beyond radio signals, and a post-detection advisory process, with Michael Garrett emphasizing that credible signals must be confirmed before informing the world.