Searching for alien signals sounds like a question of which star to aim a telescope at. It’s also a question of when to listen, because a civilization sending a focused radio beam toward Earth might ...

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When we think of extraterrestrial intelligence that might be out there among the stars, we tend to think of creatures not too unlike us, though maybe with gray skin, probably bald and with big black ...

Late on the night of August 15, 1977, a radio telescope in Ohio recorded 72 seconds of something it had never seen before. Nobody was watching. The data sat on a computer printout until volunteer ...

The problem with building enormous telescopes and radio dishes to probe the depths of the cosmos is that you can never be sure what you'll find. Yes, these amazing feats of technology can detect all ...

SETI has new rules for verifying a possible alien signal. As artificial intelligence enters the search, another boundary deserves attention: finding unfamiliar information is not permission to turn it ...

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An alien radio signal from K2-155 d? Are there any alien civilizations out there? For several decades, scientists have been searching for evidence that they exist. That effort is collectively known as ...

Signal Diagnostics LLC (Signal) has agreed to pay the United States $20.5 million to resolve allegations that Signal violated the False Claims Act by knowingly retaining and improperly avoiding its ...

Beta Pictoris b appears to have an aurora caused by a powerful magnetic field. If confirmed, it would be the first such field known outside our solar system. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Radio waves ...

Most sci-fi fans are familiar with classic alien invasion movies like "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and "Independence Day." Still, not every film can be a hit, and there are gems out there that fly ...