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

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

In 1977, astronomers detected a powerful, narrowband radio signal that appeared to come from deep space. It lasted just 72 ...

If Earth’s astronomical observatories were to pick up a signal from outer space, it would require an all-hands-on-deck effort to untangle and decipher the extraterrestrial message. An art project from ...

The Kepler-22b reveal flips the storyline of the series. What started as a story about Earth going through a bizarre ...

There's the invasion by a warlike species, there's the highly evolved species trying to communicate with our primitive ...

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

TL;DR: In May 2023, the ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter sent an "alien signal" to Earth as part of an art project called "A Sign in Space," aimed at testing the process of deciphering potential alien ...

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