For over six decades, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has been tirelessly scanning the cosmos for signs of alien life. Despite its extensive efforts, the universe remains eerily ...

Technosignatures are theoretical signs of technologically advanced alien civilizations, but so far, none of those civilizations have phoned home. Researchers from the Search for ExtraTerrestrial ...

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 ...

The SETI Institute recently began searching for signs of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations in distant galaxies outside our own. The research comes at a time when the notion that strange crafts ...

For decades, humanity has searched the cosmos for signs of alien life—but the real twist is that we may not wait to be found. Scientists have already begun considering how to send messages into deep ...

They're baaaaack, and as peevish as ever. Well, not exactly. To say that the nasty aliens in Ridley Scott's eponymous franchise have returned is wrong. His new movie, "Alien: Covenant," is a prequel, ...