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 ...

Aliens might be transmitting communications signals to each other across exoplanets, some astronomers think. Since these signals are likely sent as narrowband radio waves, we may now have a way to ...

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

There's the invasion by a warlike species, there's the highly evolved species trying to communicate with our primitive ...

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 ...

Scientists warn humanity that the first contact with an alien civilisation may be loud, chaotic and extreme, potentially ...

In the many decades of NASA exploration, there has only been one detection that got on that scale. It was collected by the ...

That’s the question at the center of Pop Mech ’s new story, “ Aliens Probably Exist—But They’re Staying Silent For a Reason, ...

Estimating the chance of getting a message from life beyond Earth, say within the next decade, isn’t easy. Even the best experts are reluctant to offer precise odds. “Anybody who gave you a figure ...

A mysterious red jellyfish-like flashes, which were spotted in the sky, sparked rumours about aliens sending signals to our planet. People said that it “looked alien” as the flashes glowed brightly in ...