A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow ...

The search for alien intelligence is entering a new phase as scientists expand beyond traditional radio signal searches and ...

According to popular media, the search for alien life involves advanced technology, space exploration and sometimes even government conspiracies and secret programs. But according to University of ...

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

Astronomer Jill Tarter has been scanning the skies for signals from intelligent aliens for the past 35 years, but now she's making a career change. Tarter, the inspiration for heroine Ellie Arroway in ...

Humans should look to planetary alignments outside of the solar system when searching for signatures of extraterrestrial communications, scientists say. The nascent search for radio transmissions from ...

Could finding life in alien oceans be harder than previously thought? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address as a team of researchers from the ...

When Comet 3I/ATLAS entered our solar system last year—only the third known interstellar object to do so—astronomers took notice. When astronomers first discovered 3I/ATLAS in July 2025, the icy ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

Astronomers have been scanning the skies for alien radio signals for decades, but so far they’ve heard nary a peep (with one possible exception). But according to a recent study, that could be because ...

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