Every so often, headlines and social media buzz with phrases like “Mysterious signal detected from deep space”, capturing the imagination of millions. Questions immediately arise: Is an advanced ...

Boffins at the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute have found a new way to sort through the signals reaching us from space to find messages from aliens. By pointing their ...

For decades, scientists have searched the skies for signs of extraterrestrial technology. A study from EPFL asks a sharp ...

Since the first Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) experiment in 1960, scientists have been scanning the Milky ...

Planet K2-18b, an apparent water world 124 light years away, has been seen as a promising location in the search for aliens, ...

For more than 60 years, scientists have been scanning the skies for signs of intelligent life beyond Earth. Using powerful telescopes, they have searched for unusual radio signals, brief laser flashes ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gabriela Radulescu, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) As humans began to ...

Could alien signals have already reached Earth undetected? - If advanced alien civilisations exist and have contacted Earth, they are more likely rare, scientists say ...