Learn more about the space weather impacting our search of etraterrestial life and what research is planning to do about it.

A group of Chinese scientists is diving deep into the cosmos in search of alien radio signals from the TRAPPIST-1 star system, which might house planets that could support life. This is no small feat, ...

For more than half a century, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has been built ...

For decades, humanity has scoured the cosmos for any signs that we aren't alone in the universe. NASA spacecraft like the twin Voyager probes – launched in the 1970s bearing the iconic Golden Record – ...

The hunt for intelligent life beyond Earth has quietly entered a more exacting phase, and one small, cool star has become a proving ground for how serious that search can be. TRAPPIST-1, a dim red ...

Radio silence has long puzzled those searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, but the answer might lie much closer to the source of potential signals than previously thought. Conditions around ...

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 ...

Scientists hunting for radio signals from any form of advanced extraterrestrial life that might be out there trying to contact us are now starting to wonder if something has been messing with their ...

What steps can be taken to identify why we haven’t received radio signals from an extraterrestrial intelligence, also called technosignatures? This is what a recent study published in The ...

When you're looking for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence, it helps to know what you're looking for and to go about it ...