Steven Spielberg’s credulity makes his latest alien contact film, Disclosure Day, mawkish and old-fashioned rather than ...

When it comes to the search for life elsewhere in the universe, methane and other chemical compounds are seen as signs of ...

New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth could thus be overlooking prime evidence of alien intelligence.

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

Astronomers hunting alien signals say turbulent stellar plasma around distant worlds may be scrambling extraterrestrial transmissions before they ever reach Earth, according to a new study published ...

A new SETI study suggests we may be overlooking alien signals not because they aren't there, but because their own stars are scrambling them before they escape into space. Turbulent plasma and ...

In 1977, Ohio State’s Big Ear radio telescope picked up a 72-second radio burst from deep space that was 30 times stronger than the normal background noise. The signal was so unusual that researcher ...

A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a ...

12 years is a long wait to play the sequel to one of your favourite games of all time. During that decade-plus stretch, I’ve re-played the original Alien: Isolation multiple times, analysed its ...

If and when SETI discovers alien life, then a revised Declaration of Principles guarantees that once the discovery has been verified, its disclosure will come soon thereafter. When you purchase ...