The odds of there being another intelligent life form in the Milky Way are pretty good given the billions of stars. But we ...

Researchers from the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) may have figured out why we have not detected any alien ...

New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth could thus be overlooking prime evidence of alien intelligence.

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With new technologies come new opportunities. And that is especially true in astronomy—with every new advanced telescope, we ...

When it comes to the search for life elsewhere in the universe, methane and other chemical compounds are seen as signs of ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

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 ...

What steps can be taken to identify why we haven’t received radio signals from an extraterrestrial intelligence, also called technosignatures? This is what a recent study published in The ...

Using emerging radio techniques refined during and after the Second World War, the astronomers detected a powerful radio ...

Experts stress need for transparency while aiming to prevent premature announcements and protect scientists ...

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 ...