However, a new study available on the arXiv preprint server introduces a compelling idea about how we might first encounter ...

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The hunt for intelligent life beyond Earth has quietly entered a more exacting phase, and one small, cool star has become a ...

Scientists suggest the first alien signal we detect could be a desperate cry for help from a fading civilization.

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SETI's 1977 "Wow!" signal from deep space was even stronger than originally thought, but its source remains a complete ...

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Long before scientists discovered that other stars in the universe host their own planetary systems, humanity had ...

Looking Up is transcribed using a combination of AI speech recognition and human editors. It may contain errors. Please check the corresponding audio before quoting in print. Dean Regas: Are we alone ...

A new SETI methodology focuses on detecting the "spillover" from directed interstellar communications, mirroring how we communicate with our own spacecraft, rather than relying on broad, speculative ...

Reverse engineering alien spacecraft: A French 'flying saucer' aircraft, the Couzinet Aerodyne, is modeled after the suspected UFOs spotted in the 1950s. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images ...

What geophysical criteria must exist on exoplanets teach scientists about whether technological civilizations exist throughout the galaxy? This is what a recent study presented at the Europlanet ...