Could the first confirmed signal from an extraterrestrial source be less a hello than a goodbye? Astrophysicist David Kipping argues as much, and his “Eschatian Hypothesis” reimagines the way ...

As this interstellar object approached its closest point to Earth, a massive radio telescope attempted to sniff out a ...

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

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

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

Scientists used the 100-metre Green Bank Telescope to look for alien signals but detected no radio signals from 3I/ATLAS.

Researchers used the Green Bank Telescope to study the interstellar comet and found that it exhibits typical cometary behavior, with no unusual features detected ...

Estimating the chance of getting a message from life beyond Earth, say within the next decade, isn’t easy. Even the best experts are reluctant to offer precise odds. “Anybody who gave you a figure ...

Though this hunt came up empty, the fact that 3I/ATLAS is only the third known object found in the solar system after ...

A mystery " alien " signal from outer space has been tracked down to its source. First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts, or FRBs, last only a millisecond and can carry an enormous amount of ...

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