We Should Search for Aliens by Looking for Their Space Junk
SETI enthusiasts have devised all sorts of complicated ways for us to find signs of alien life, but a new paper…
Video Reportedly Shows Navy Jet's Encounter With a UFO
The extraterrestrial and fringe science research group founded by former Blink-182 member Tom DeLonge has released what…
How the Cryptocurrency Frenzy Is Interfering With Our Search For Alien Life
According to the BBC, the current graphics card shortage driven by cryptocurrency miners isn’t just hurting gamers,…
Interstellar Asteroids Like 'Oumuamua Could Rewrite the Origins of Life on Earth
Late last year, astronomers detected the first known interstellar asteroid, dubbed ‘Oumuamua. New research suggests…
Was It a Good Idea to Beam Our Best Techno to an Alien World?
In the year 2030, a powerful radio transmission originating from Earth will arrive at a potentially habitable exoplanet…
An Earth-Sized Space Shield to Protect Us From Solar Storms Is Less Crazy Than It Sounds
Every 100 years or so, our Sun gives off a great big belch that sends an intense wave of charged particles towards…
Why We Should Look For Alien Megastructures Around Pulsars
Some day in the far future, it’s possible our descendants will kick it up a notch and wrap the entire Sun in a massive…
Hibernating Aliens Could Explain the Great Silence
We have yet to find any traces of extraterrestrial intelligence, a vexing problem known as the Fermi Paradox. A new…
More Evidence That Aliens Aren’t Trying to Communicate With Us
Some SETI researchers believe the best way to detect aliens is to search the skies for their laser beams. In the…
Wild New Theory Suggests Radio Bursts Beyond Our Galaxy Are Powering Alien Starships
Since their discovery ten years ago, fast radio bursts have confounded astronomers. These intergalactic pulses of radio…
What That 'Strong Signal' From a Nearby Sunlike Star Really Means [Updated]
Yesterday, news made the rounds that a team of Russian astronomers had detected an unusually strong signal emanating…
Alien Hunters Spot Freaky Radio Signal Coming From Nearby Star
Astronomers using the RATAN-600 radio telescope in the Russian Republic of Karachay-Cherkessia have detected an unusual…
Want to Find Aliens? Look for Planets That Have Become Stars
Jupiter is often referred to as a “failed star,” leading some futurists to wonder if our descendants might set it…
New Calculation Shows We’ll Make Contact With Aliens in About 1,500 Years
The disturbing Fermi Paradox suggests we should have made contact with an extraterrestrial civilization by now, yet we…
The Search for Alien Intelligence Got a $100 Million Boost
Russian billionaire Yuri Milner has announced a new initiative called Breakthrough Listen, a 10-year project that will…
This Animated Explanation Of The Fermi Paradox Is Fantastic
The Great Silence is a vexing problem we all love to speculate and argue about, but it’s not the most intuitive…
A Scan Of 100,000 Galaxies Shows No Sign Of Alien Mega-Civilizations
A pioneering infrared scan of 100,000 galaxies by Penn State astronomers has failed to detect any signs of…
Experts Gather To Discuss Whether We Should Send Messages To Aliens
This coming weekend at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, experts will be…
How The Search For Aliens Could Save Us From Environmental Collapse
It's hard to assess the sustainability of our civilization when climate scientists and ecologists have nothing to…