Every so often, headlines and social media buzz with phrases like “Mysterious signal detected from deep space”, capturing the imagination of millions. Questions immediately arise: Is an advanced ...

Boffins at the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute have found a new way to sort through the signals reaching us from space to find messages from aliens. By pointing their ...

Advanced aliens could be chatting with each other using light flashes in plain sight, similar to how fireflies communicate, according to a new study that could lead to new approaches in finding ...

For decades, scientists have searched the skies for signs of extraterrestrial technology. A study from EPFL asks a sharp ...

If you've been following exoplanet research over the last couple of years, you've definitely heard of K2-18b. Located 124 ...

A mysterious radio signal has been traced to a galaxy far, far away. And, it's causing a stir among astronomers -- although nobody is sure what it is. Research published this week in the journal ...

For more than 60 years, scientists have been scanning the skies for signs of intelligent life beyond Earth. Using powerful telescopes, they have searched for unusual radio signals, brief laser flashes ...

Since the first Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) experiment in 1960, scientists have been scanning the Milky ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists from the University of California at Berkeley are using the 500-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope in China to check ...

Could alien signals have already reached Earth undetected? - If advanced alien civilisations exist and have contacted Earth, they are more likely rare, scientists say ...