The research is mounting up that we might not be alone in this big wide world. So what's the likelihood that aliens are out ...

Astronomers thought they had seen the "first hints of life on an alien world" this year, but they disappeared under closer ...

A new SETI methodology focuses on detecting the "spillover" from directed interstellar communications, mirroring how we communicate with our own spacecraft, rather than relying on broad, speculative ...

A small icy moon orbiting Saturn is a likely candidate to host outer space life, as a major space organisation is targeting ...

A new study presented at the 2025 EPSC/DPS Joint Meeting proposes that the rarity of specific geological and atmospheric conditions necessary for technologically advanced life significantly limits the ...

Science fiction writer and futurist Arthur C. Clarke once said, “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” And perhaps that fear is what ...

One of Britain’s most prominent space scientists believes humanity may finally get an answer to one of its oldest questions ...

Aliens on Earth? Ocean life discovery could offer clues to life on other planets Chemosynthetic life communities in the Northwest Pacific could offer glimpse of what life might look like on other ...

Historically, many scientists and society have been fascinated by the prospect of making contact with extraterrestrial ...

"The universe is a pretty big place. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space," goes a line from the 1997 film "Contact." In the movie, Jodie Foster plays Dr. Ellie Arroway, a radio ...

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) focuses on finding technosignatures—potential signs of alien technology. If we look carefully, we might have a chance at detecting their ...