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

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does ...

So what could possibly connect aliens and us? A new study suggests the answer is mathematics. The researchers argue that math ...

The recent visit to our solar system by the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has sparked speculation about whether it’s another ...

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

A provocative theory circulating among artificial intelligence researchers suggests that once machines achieve human-level intelligence and beyond, they might create something entirely unexpected: a ...

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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 ...

That is where Anonymous Chicken keeps tripping up. A species that uses touch or echolocation as its primary sense and has manipulative appendages could potentially develop a technological civilization ...