We live in a very exciting time: answers to some of the oldest questions humanity has conceived are within our grasp. One of ...

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

After reviewing almost 30 years of signals, University of California Berkeley researchers have identified 100 mysterious, ...

For decades, scientists have tried to turn the question of alien life from late-night speculation into something you can ...

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

Alien life could exist on hot, rocky planets, sustained not by water but by a type of salty fluid, new research suggests. Reading time 3 minutes The search for alien life usually hinges on finding the ...

The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence may not be a cheerful greeting. A growing group of researchers is ...

The Deep Space Network (DSN) is just the sort of tool aliens could one-day detect, transmitting from Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL What if the first signal ever detected from an alien lifeform wasn't a ...

Want to be a top notch candidate for hosting alien life? Then there's a few key requirements you should be aware of: Ideally, you're a large object like a moon or a planet; scientists suspect you also ...

A new SETI methodology focuses on detecting the "spillover" from directed interstellar communications, mirroring how we communicate with our own spacecraft, rather than relying on broad, speculative ...

In September, NASA announced the discovery of a possible sign of life, known as a potential biosignature, on Mars. The Perseverance rover, which has been exploring a dried-up lakebed for years, found ...