A group of Chinese scientists is diving deep into the cosmos in search of alien radio signals from the TRAPPIST-1 star system ...

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

Scientists suggest the first alien signal we detect could be a desperate cry for help from a fading civilization.

In the many decades of NASA exploration, there has only been one detection that got on that scale. It was collected by the ...

A NASA-backed study reveals that alien civilizations could detect human signals sent to spacecraft. Radio transmissions aimed at Mars rovers and orbiters aren't fully contained, creating a 'spillover' ...

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI) has long been a topic of fascination. However, a new study available on ...

On Earth, we're constantly detecting signals from deep space. Many of these radio waves and other forms of electro–magnetic radiation can be attributed to natural phenomena such as pulsars, colliding ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

A “strong signal” detected by a radio telescope in Russia that is scanning the heavens for signs of extraterrestrial life has stirred interest among the scientific community. “No one is claiming that ...

The Allen radio telescope array at Hat Creek, California, was tilted towards a piece of the Pisces constellation which has been under Kepler’s careful scrutiny in recent years — it’s sensitive ...

This year, the US Congress has heard testimonies from "UFO witnesses", suggesting there is more evidence than ever of attempts by alien intelligence to make contact with Earth. But what have been the ...

On August 15, 1977, the Big Ear Radio Telescope in Delaware, Ohio, received the most powerful signal it would ever detect during its decades of observations. The signal lasted just 72 seconds, but ...