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

Could the first confirmed signal from an extraterrestrial source be less a hello than a goodbye? Astrophysicist David Kipping ...

Scientists warn humanity that the first contact with an alien civilisation may be loud, chaotic and extreme, potentially appearing as unusual cosmic signals rather than polite communication.

With the countdown to Baba Vanga’s 2025 alien prediction, astronomer David Kipping proposes a controversial theory about the ...

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

As this interstellar object approached its closest point to Earth, a massive radio telescope attempted to sniff out a ...

Researchers used the Green Bank Telescope to study the interstellar comet and found that it exhibits typical cometary behavior, with no unusual features detected ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's difficult to believe that, given the enormous extent of outer space around us, there aren't other life forms out there. Humanity has long been intrigued by the idea, with movies, books, and TV ...