S.E.T.I.
The Fermi Paradox – Where Is Everybody?
The blank silence from our stars is difficult to ignore. But our 60s sci-fi optimism in the search for intelligent life continues.
AI Has Found Potential Alien 'Technosignatures' Hidden in Radio Signals From Space
While scientists aren't holding their breath, AI could be a powerful tool in the ongoing search for alien life.
Scientists Created a Device to Find Alien Life That's So Tiny It Fits In Your Hand
The miniature device weighs only 17 pounds and can be deployed on a rover to unambiguously detect signs of life on another world.
Mars Is Rich in Extraterrestrial Gems That Could Point to Alien Life, NASA Finds
Water-rich opals discovered on the surface of Mars could help resolve the question of whether life has ever existed on the red planet.
Mars Had an Ancient Asteroid Impact Like the One That Killed the Dinosaurs, Scientists Discover
The findings mean NASA may have stumbled upon signs of alien life on its first trip to Mars in 1976.
Scientists Have Founded a ‘Post-Detection Hub’ to Prepare for Alien Contact
“There will be denial/conspiracy advocates, as is the case for many events in history,” the organization's founder says.
Scientists Hail ‘New Era’ in Search for Life on Mars as Number of Ancient Lakes Vastly Underestimated
If we visited more "everyday" parts of Mars, and not just the most unusual, we would find tons of "paleolakes" that may hold signs of life, a new study says.
China Says It's Detected Candidate Signals of Alien Life
It's unlikely to be ET, but China's next-generation radio telescope is still a major asset in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Years of Early Alien-Hunting Data Are at Risk of Being Lost Forever
“These machines are no longer made by a company that no longer exists and are running on an operating system that no longer exists,” said the director of the SETI@home project.
NASA Is Quietly Funding a Hunt for Alien Megastructures
Detecting 'technosignatures' such as hypothetical Dyson spheres in space could lead us to extraterrestrial life, and now NASA is funding the search.
Meet the Scientist Who Is Preparing for Humanity's First Contact with Aliens
Mike Garrett, director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, talks about the effort to prepare for contact with alien life in Motherboard’s “Space Show.”
We Should Look for Star-Sized Supercomputers to Find Aliens, This Researcher Says
Computers powered by entire stars, built by alien civilizations, might be a tell-tale sign of extraterrestrial intelligence, says Anders Sandberg of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute.