For over a century, humans have been listening to the cosmos, hoping to detect signs of extraterrestrial life. From Tesla’s early experiments to the famous “WOW!” signal, the search has raised more ...

It's a beautiful night. Just you, a bottle of wine and your partner drifting through the cosmos in a UFO. As your caress ...

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Advanced aliens could be chatting with each other using light flashes in plain sight, similar to how fireflies communicate, ...

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Recent data shows shifting public perceptions as skepticism declines and interest in extraterrestrial visitation continues ...

Leading X-ray space telescopes XMM-Newton and XRISM have spotted a never-seen-before blast from a supermassive black hole. In ...

For decades, science fiction writers have tried their best to prepare us for eventual contact with aliens. Their efforts are dominated by several recurrent tropes. There's the invasion by a warlike ...

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When we imagine contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, we tend to picture messages: radio signals, mathematical codes, or perhaps a universal language waiting to be discovered. But what if alien ...