It's almost certainly not an extraterrestrial telegram. But waves that seemed to come from the vicinity of Proxima Centauri ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

The hunt for intelligent life beyond Earth has quietly entered a more exacting phase, and one small, cool star has become a ...

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 ...

A recent theory proposed by a NASA scientist suggests that extraterrestrial civilizations may not possess the wildly advanced technology that many UFO enthusiasts expect. This perspective, which ...

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 president of the SETI Institute, Bill Diamond, said there’s no credible evidence of alien technology. He also claims that the idea the government is keeping alien technology a secret holds no ...

As a child, astronomer Jill Tarter would walk along the beaches of western Florida with her father and look up at the stars. "I assumed, at that time, that along some beach on some planet, there would ...