It is unclear whether a [3I/ATLAS] would transmit radio signals … such signals would take tens of thousands of years to cross ...

Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar ...

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

An international team of researchers pointed the largest single-dish radio telescope in the world at 3I/ATLAS.

Scientists studying Jupiter’s moon Europa have zeroed in on a strange, spider-like feature etched into the moon’s icy shell, ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope detected a possible sign of alien life on a distant planet. Alien life has still not been confirmed through science or through studying UFOs (or UAPs). NASA's ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/SOFIA/Lynette Cook What if we dropped the "terrestrial" from "extraterrestrial"?

NASA has selected advanced technologies to power a future space telescope designed to image Earth-like planets and search ...

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

Finding alien life won’t be as dramatic as a flying saucer landing on the White House lawn – it’ll be NASA scientists holding a press conference to excitedly show off a chart that’s incomprehensible ...