When it comes to the search for life elsewhere in the universe, methane and other chemical compounds are seen as signs of ...

Researchers from the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) may have figured out why we have not detected any alien ...

New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth could thus be overlooking prime evidence of alien intelligence.

With new technologies come new opportunities. And that is especially true in astronomy—with every new advanced telescope, we ...

What steps can be taken to identify why we haven’t received radio signals from an extraterrestrial intelligence, also called technosignatures? This is what a recent study published in The ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

Could the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS exhibit technosignatures, or signals of alien technology? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to address as a team of ...

A set of protocols telling scientists what to do – and what not to do – if they ever detect evidence of intelligent life ...

Using emerging radio techniques refined during and after the Second World War, the astronomers detected a powerful radio ...

Experts stress need for transparency while aiming to prevent premature announcements and protect scientists ...

If advanced aliens lived on a planet within a few hundred to a thousand light years away from Earth, then vast numbers of their signals must already have crossed Earth without being noticed, a new ...

If it were a phone call, we might call it a butt dial: A strong radio signal that set off questions about whether it emanated from an advanced alien race earlier this week is now believed to have come ...