The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence would rank alongside fire and writing in the story of our species, ...

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.

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 ...

Scientists across the globe were stumped by mysterious signals being received at the Parkes radio telescope, but it turned out to be anything but extraterrestrial. Scientists across the globe were ...

Scientists warn humanity that the first contact with an alien civilisation may be loud, chaotic and extreme, potentially ...

What new methods can be used to detect alien technosignatures? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of researchers from Pennsylvania ...

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

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 ...

OK folks, first of all, stop emailing me about this! Aiiieeee! Second, the deal is that there are rumors floating around the ether that some sort of signal was picked up by the Arecibo radio telescope ...