A recent SETI Institute study suggests that space weather could blur and weaken extraterrestrial radio signals long before they reach us.

Solar storms around distant stars may be erasing alien radio signals before we ever hear them In A Nutshell Stellar winds and solar storms around distant stars may be distorting alien radio signals ...

Radio silence has long puzzled those searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, but the answer might lie much closer to the ...

New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder ...

Stellar plasma can smear alien radio signals before they escape their star system, making them harder for astronomers to detect.

The most consequential signal humanity ever detects from another civilization may not arrive as a calm introduction. It may ...

For four decades, many SETI experiments have focused on finding sharp spikes in frequency but the new study says signals may not stay narrow as they travel away from their home system.

Scientists believe turbulent “space weather” around distant stars could be scrambling potential alien signals before they ...

The researchers who scan the skies for radio signals from extraterrestrials are now rethinking their approach.

If it were a phone call, we might call it a butt dial: A strong radio signal that set off questions about whether it emanated from an advanced alien race earlier this week is now believed to have come ...

SETI has spent decades listening for a sharp, well-defined radio signal that could indicate it was sent by distant intelligent life. Now researchers believe that space weather could distort and blur s ...

Turbulent plasma near distant stars could blur ultra-narrow signals before they leave their home star systems - making them ...