An awe-inspiring and comprehensive exploration into the grand scientific quest for extraterrestrial intelligence, examining ...

Seven Rasmussen, an astrobiologist and author of the new book Cloudy with a Chance of Starships, gives readers a tour of the ...

The search for extraterrestrial life has evolved from philosophy to a serious scientific and national security concern ...

Letters: Readers offer their explanations for the absence of hard evidence for extraterrestrial civilisations, in response to an article by Adam Kirsch ...

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does intelligent life look like? And how would aliens communicate? How could ...

If humanity ever makes contact with an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization, we will have no shortage of questions.

Searching for extraterrestrial intelligence has so far primarily meant focusing on one particular type of signal—and that signal has normally been based on our own current cutting-edge technology. But ...

It may not breathe, eat, or sleep. It may not reproduce in any ordinary sense. It may not have a face, a voice, or a body shaped by evolution. It may be a machine. This is not a wild idea – it follows ...

IN The shadows of Mount Shasta and Lassen Peak volcanoes in northern California, dozens of radio telescopes are gearing up to search for extraterrestrials. Thousands of kilometres away in Boston, ...

Artificial intelligence is advancing so rapidly that it may soon move beyond human understanding, said former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. "An alien intelligence is coming," he said at the Sifted Summit ...

Alien: Covenant expanded the Alien universe with rich world-building and philosophical depth. As a prequel to the 1979 original, it explored humanity’s origins, creation, and the dangers of artificial ...