Eight signals from far-off stars probably aren't aliens, but the machine learning method that found them holds promise in the search for real …
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Promising Signs and Discoveries in the Search for Alien Life
Earth has only been beaming out signals detectable from space (in the form of radio waves) since the 1930s.
A new search for alien signals focuses on planetary transits, when exoplanets pass right in front of their suns. An artist's illustration of a rocky, …
Astronomers searching for radio signals that could be signs of extraterrestrial life have just gained access to South Africa's MeerKAT telescope. One …
Through a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, aliens could be transmitting signals using the sun, but a quick scan for such signals has turned …
Early life made an inhospitable Earth more habitable, and aliens could be doing the same thing on their worlds, new research proposes. Early life may …
A new paper claims that intelligent aliens would only be interested in contacting the most technologically advanced planets, and Earth doesn't make …
