The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist ...

Astrobiologists warn that NASA's current instruments may miss subtle signs of alien life, risking 'false negatives' in the ...

The IAA SETI Committee has updated rules for evaluating and revealing the detection of extraterrestrial intelligence.

For decades, scientists have scanned the stars for even the faintest whisper of intelligent life. Now, with fresh government ...

When ET phones, don’t pick up. Scientists have outlined a set of protocols for responding to extraterrestrial contact, ...

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions comes up with an epic extraterrestrial playlist for Earth’s first contact from beyond the stars ...

The International Academy of Astronautics has just voted to accept a major overhaul of the scientific code of conduct for ...

Astronomer Jon Willis warns that alien signals could be passing Earth unnoticed because humans are searching on the wrong ...

Astronomers swept millions of candidates and found no alien signals from K2-18b, setting the first power limit on any ...

This could be why we still haven’t found alien life - Traces left behind by organisms on alien worlds may be too subtle to detect ...

Astrobiologists are raising concerns that humanity’s search for alien life may be limited by the very tools designed to find it.

Firefly Aerospace, based in Cedar Park, will help carry four NASA drones to the moon’s south pole as part of the agency’s ...