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 ...

Searching for alien life by looking for specific signals from individual planets may overlook a larger pattern, new research ...

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 ...

Earth is dotted with many humongous, human-made structures. To an alien eye, they may be tell-tale signs of intelligent goings-on, betraying our existence and hinting at our capabilities.

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 ...

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 ...

NASA officials have previously spoken of the possibility of extraterrestrial life amid scientific uncertainty while ...