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 ...

“The universe is not as quiet as we were told.” The line belongs to a dramatic retelling of a disputed signal claim, but it captures a sober scientific problem: the first technosignature humanity ...

We may be missing alien radio signals because they have become smeared beyond the narrowband detectors that SETI utilizes, a new study suggests.

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

Deveillance’s Spectre I, developed by a recent Harvard grad, wants to give people control over the always-on wearables surrounding their lives. The problem? Physics.

For decades, humanity has been looking for answers to unravel the mystery surrounding aliens’ existence, but they have failed ...

According to a new study, any alien civilizations out there? Probably short-lived — and doomed to fail spectacularly. For ...

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

Fans of the sci fi series Alien Earth finally got a clear signal about the future of the show. Executive producer Dana Gonzales posted an Instagram photo that s ...

There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” That observation, attributed to ...

He precisely controlled modulation and feedback loops ...

From Olivia Dean to Raye via Charli XCX and Dua Lipa — the potential future Bond's fiancée — we survey the likeliest artists to take on British cinema's biggest music gig ...