There's the invasion by a warlike species, there's the highly evolved species trying to communicate with our primitive ...

We've all grown up dreaming of aliens landing on the Earth or laser beaming across the sky; well, either way, it's sci-fi and ...

The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence would rank alongside fire and writing in the story of our species, yet a growing group of researchers warns that such a moment might arrive not ...

Interstellar objects such as Comet 3I/ATLAS can be sent by alien civilizations to "sow" life on Earth. At the same time, it is almost impossible that for the entire time of Earth's existence the Earth ...

Researchers announced that we may be able to receive a radio signal reply from extraterrestrial life as early as 2029. There is a very low chance of this happening, but it is not impossible. The team ...

Could the first confirmed signal from an extraterrestrial source be less a hello than a goodbye? Astrophysicist David Kipping ...

Scientists suggest the first alien signal we detect could be a desperate cry for help from a fading civilization.

Luis Calçada on Flickr Under the Milky Way Galaxy. BI Answers: How many planets in the universe have intelligent alien life? More important than finding life on another planet would be communicating ...

When astronomer Doug Vakoch heard the news that there might be an alien civilization around the mysterious star KIC 8462852, he took immediate action. For the last week, Vakoch and his colleagues at ...

The iconic indie filmmaker’s latest work, ‘Father Mother Sister Brother,’ is a memorable portrait of family. The soundtrack is stunning. Fermi’s point was that such civilizations likely arose millions ...

Many other planets throughout the universe probably hosted intelligent life long before Earth did, a new study suggests. The probability of a civilization developing on a potentially habitable alien ...

Aliens might be transmitting communications signals to each other across exoplanets, some astronomers think. Since these signals are likely sent as narrowband radio waves, we may now have a way to ...