Historically, many scientists and society have been fascinated by the prospect of making contact with extraterrestrial ...

A group of Chinese scientists is diving deep into the cosmos in search of alien radio signals from the TRAPPIST-1 star system, which might house planets that could support life. This is no small feat, ...

Could the first confirmed signal from an extraterrestrial source be less a hello than a goodbye? Astrophysicist David Kipping ...

SETI's 1977 "Wow!" signal from deep space was even stronger than originally thought, but its source remains a complete mystery.

Today, the House Science Committee held a hearing on "Astrobiology and the Search for Life in the Universe," discussing the steps we've taken to search for life in outer space. Unfortunately, we're ...

"Considering the direction and frequency of our most common signals gives insights into where we should be looking to improve our chances of detecting alien technosignatures." When you purchase ...

One of Britain’s most prominent space scientists believes humanity may finally get an answer to one of its oldest questions ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. In a significant advance for astronomy, researchers from the Breakthrough Listen initiative, working in collaboration ...

The recent, widely covered signal that's allegedly got SETI hot and bothered is almost certainly not aliens. But that doesn't mean it's not cool. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has yet to detect alien technosignatures like radio waves, but the cosmos is vast, and there are plenty of places left to look. New research ...

The first signals from extraterrestrial civilisations, according to David Kipping's Eschatian Hypothesis, are likely to be ...

The Deep Space Network (DSN) is just the sort of tool aliens could one-day detect, transmitting from Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL What if the first signal ever detected from an alien lifeform wasn't a ...