For the first time in more than 15 years, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Search for Extraterrestrial ...

Experts stress need for transparency while aiming to prevent premature announcements and protect scientists ...

Astronomers have identified 45 Earth-like worlds that could be among the most promising places to search for biosignatures—chemical signs of life in distant atmospheres. Inspired by the idea of a real ...

Researchers from the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) may have figured out why we have not detected any alien ...

SETI may have missed alien signals for 60 years because stellar plasma smears transmissions into noise, a new Astrophysical Journal study finds.

New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth could thus be overlooking prime evidence of alien intelligence.

With new technologies come new opportunities. And that is especially true in astronomy—with every new advanced telescope, we ...

Do not shout ‘alien!’” Amid surge of public interest in UFOs or UAP, one group updated its rules for how news of extraterrestrials should be revealed.

Join communications specialist Beth Johnson for a conversation with Dr. Anastasia Yanchilina, Frank Drake Postdoctoral Fellow at the SETI Institute, as we explore how life might emerge and/or be ...

A set of protocols telling scientists what to do – and what not to do – if they ever detect evidence of intelligent life ...

The rules for one of humanity’s biggest possible discoveries just got a lot stricter, and a lot more aware of the world they ...

The recent, widely covered signal that's allegedly got SETI hot and bothered is almost certainly not aliens. But that doesn't mean it's not cool. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...