Sputnik skies to analysis of interstellar visitors, scientists are rethinking how and where to look for physical traces of ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...

A crowd-sourced search for alien intelligence called SETI@Home is in its final stages, analyzing 100 radio signals of ...

The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence may not be a cheerful greeting. A growing group of researchers is ...

One proposed solution to the Fermi Paradox suggests that intelligent civilizations remain silent by necessity. Advanced technology makes detection equivalent to exposure, and exposure could invite ...

Elon Musk reacts to a resurfaced video with a four-word tweet, reaffirming his long-term vision for travel beyond the confines of our solar system. Learn more about Musk’s vision of finding alien life ...

Some scientific breakthroughs may be lost to time due to scandal and redaction, while others are simply a case of waiting for more evidence. We take a look back at some that made headlines—and that's ...

What a challenge it has been to look forward to the New Year and have any coherent thoughts, let alone reasonable expectations or achievable resolutions. We might as well be looking forward through a ...

Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose books on the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him both ...

A major claim in the older media cycle was that NASA removed the book and related materials. Whatever happened during the original wave of reporting, the current reality is clear: NASA now provides an ...

If aliens from space can die and mourn their dead then they likely invented gods to worship. Because they missed their loved ...