The findings of a new study may help "explain some of the radio silence we’ve seen in technosignature searches" for alien ...

A comet from another star system does not arrive every year. That is part of what made 3I/ATLAS so compelling when it ...

If 3I/ATLAS isn’t an alien probe, its discovery may be even more important. Scientists detected no radio signals from the ...

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 ...

Scientists updated first contact protocols for 2026, requiring multiple verification steps and UN consultation before ...

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence may face an unexpected obstacle due to the influence of mother stars that ...

Astronomers swept millions of candidates and found no alien signals from K2-18b, setting the first power limit on any ...

The best way to find alien technosignatures is to look for ones that have long survived their creators, according to a new ...

SETI scanned 3I/Atlas for more than seven hours and detected no signs of extraterrestrial technology; The comet is only the ...

Radio silence has long puzzled those searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, but the answer might lie much closer to the source of potential signals than previously thought. Conditions around ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist ...