When it comes to the search for life elsewhere in the universe, methane and other chemical compounds are seen as signs of ...

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Are we alone in the universe? Consider mysterious "extraterrestrial" radio signals. Unexplained gases on other planets.

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The Great Filter theory suggests advanced civilisations may self-destruct before contacting others, explaining the universe's ...

Astronomers have recently started looking for black holes bigger than galaxies. Brian Lacki explains how these “stupendously ...

The pilots dubbed the fireballs “foo fighters” but had no idea what they were. Plasma? Enemy tech? Aliens? We still haven’t ...

A newly spotted interstellar visitor just got an unusually close listen from California scientists — in a search for signs of ...

A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a ...

NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered one of the most intriguing clues yet in humanity's search for life beyond Earth.

A rare visitor from another star system has undergone one of the most extensive technosignature searches ever conducted on an ...

It’s long been assumed that if alien civilisations do exist, they’re a hell of a lot smarter than we are. And yet, whilst a team of scientists agrees that this is probably true, they’ve also proven ...