Attention human. You are receiving an interstellar radio transmission. And it could be coming from one of the nearest ...

New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth ...

"There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember." That line, attributed to Richard Feynman, lands because it gets at a simple, stubborn feeling. The sky looks ...

What if consciousness isn’t limited to brains like ours? Philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel and Jeremy Pober argue that ...

On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what appear to be unexplained flying objects. These file dumps were the culmination of a ...

Once small enough, these technograins might gain a trip out of its host solar system by a solar wind that overcomes the ...

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

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...