A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar ...

Scientists studying Jupiter’s moon Europa have zeroed in on a strange, spider-like feature etched into the moon’s icy shell, ...

For centuries, humans have gazed at the stars and wondered whether we are alone in the universe. The question of ...

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

Historically, many scientists and society have been fascinated by the prospect of making contact with extraterrestrial civilisations. People around th.

Scientists have assembled a catalogue of more than 2,000 stars that could be supporting alien life. Researchers behind the ...