In this excerpt from his new book, John Gertz argues it’s time to ditch SETI’s old dogmas and rethink how we prepare for ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a profound scientific quest. Today, that search is under threat. Challenges to federal funding that support science are putting future research at risk. Your voice ...

Elizabeth Rayne is a creature who writes. Her work has appeared in Popular Mechanics, Ars Technica, SYFY WIRE, Space.com, Live Science, Den of Geek, Forbidden Futures and Collective Tales. She lurks ...

Ukrainian defense forces destroyed a giant radio telescope in Crimea, a powerful planetary transmitter once used to support ...

A new study suggests that, without plate tectonics and the right balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen, advanced alien ...

For decades, the search for alien intelligence has revolved around the question: if someone out there is listening, how could ...

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 ...

A new study suggests that whales produce water bubble patterns to communicate with each other, and possibly, humans.

The nearest technological civilisation may be 33,000 light years away and millions of years older than us, making ...

New research published in Nature Communications identifies an iron sulfate on Mars that may represent a brand-new mineral. The paper is titled "Characterization of ferric hydroxysulfate on Mars and ...

Discoveries that prove aliens have visited Earth The persistent human fascination with extraterrestrial life and the ...

For decades, scientists have grappled with a profound question known as the Fermi Paradox: if the galaxy is teeming with the ...