Scientists claim that first extraterrestrial contact will be a loud event impossible to ignore, not a subtle signal.

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...

Sputnik skies to analysis of interstellar visitors, scientists are rethinking how and where to look for physical traces of ...

The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence may not be a cheerful greeting. A growing group of researchers is ...

Language and radio signals may not matter to aliens. Instead, they might be using patterns to leave a biological fingerprint.

A crowd-sourced search for alien intelligence called SETI@Home is in its final stages, analyzing 100 radio signals of ...

After searching 100,000 galaxies for signs of highly advanced extraterrestrial life, a team of scientists using observations from NASA's WISE orbiting observatory has found no evidence of advanced ...

A major claim in the older media cycle was that NASA removed the book and related materials. Whatever happened during the original wave of reporting, the current reality is clear: NASA now provides an ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

Do our God/gods cover extraterrestrials also, or is their domain limited to us humans on the earth? The Faith Forum panel ...