The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence would rank alongside fire and writing in the story of our species, yet a growing group of researchers warns that such a moment might arrive not ...

However, a new study available on the arXiv preprint server introduces a compelling idea about how we might first encounter ...

There's the invasion by a warlike species, there's the highly evolved species trying to communicate with our primitive ...

We've all grown up dreaming of aliens landing on the Earth or laser beaming across the sky; well, either way, it's sci-fi and ...

It may take less than 1,000 years for an advanced alien civilization to destroy its own planet with climate change, even if it relies solely on renewable energy, a new model suggests. When ...

Scientists suggest the first alien signal we detect could be a desperate cry for help from a fading civilization.

For decades, science fiction writers have tried their best to prepare us for eventual contact with aliens. Their efforts are dominated by several recurrent tropes. There's the invasion by a warlike ...

If the technological capacities of intelligent entities throughout the cosmos are unbounded, why haven't we seen signs of other intelligent life? When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

A new study published in the journal Astrophysical has outlined a novel method that could be used to detect advanced alien civilizations remotely. The premise is to look for signs of nuclear fusion on ...

A cosmologist suggests we should look for exploration, along with energy signatures, to try and find aliens. Dyson spheres of some kind may be built to harvest energy from dark matter in black holes.

James has been gaming for as long as he can remember, from conquering the world in Civilization or blowing up worlds in Stellaris to getting sucked into yet another grind on either version of ...

Astrophysicists estimate that any exponentially growing technological civilization has only 1,000 years until its planet will be too hot to support life. When you purchase through links on our site, ...