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.

Apple TV aired it at 9 pm ET/6 pm PT, and it became the streamer’s most-watched show, surpassing Ted Lasso and Severance. The ...

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

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

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 ...

Estimating the chance of getting a message from life beyond Earth, say within the next decade, isn’t easy. Even the best experts are reluctant to offer precise odds. “Anybody who gave you a figure ...

The SETI Institute continues to answer the age-old question: “Are We Alone?” From celebrating 40 years of groundbreaking research to exploring the potential of AI in extraterrestrial communication, ...

A mystery " alien " signal from outer space has been tracked down to its source. First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts, or FRBs, last only a millisecond and can carry an enormous amount of ...

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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 ...

When scientists go out looking for research funding, it helps if their projects aren’t all that exciting. Excitement usually goes with the most speculative, cutting-edge science, but funding agencies ...