Study: Humans will have to wait until at least 2383 to make contact outside our solar system

When reality meets science fiction: humans could meet other intelligent life forms as early as 2383. — AFP Relaxnews

In less than 20 years’ time, humans will walk on Mars, and before the end of the century they will also have set foot on at least one satellite of Jupiter or Saturn, according to forecasts in a preprint paper from researchers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a NASA space research centre.

But perhaps the most tantalising projection is that in a little over 350 years, around 2383, humans may come into contact with a species of intelligent life from outside our solar system.