More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The sheer scale of the universe strongly ...

Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar fingerprints of biology, researchers are training algorithms to spot the deeper ...

According to popular media, the search for alien life involves advanced technology, space exploration and sometimes even government conspiracies and secret programs. But according to University of ...

Saturn's moon Enceladus could harbour alien life in oceans deep beneath its frozen surface, according to a new study.

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does intelligent life look like? And how would aliens communicate? How could ...

The Deep Space Network (DSN) is just the sort of tool aliens could one-day detect, transmitting from Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL What if the first signal ever detected from an alien lifeform wasn't a ...

RATHER than searching for aliens phoning home, scientists are looking for signs of the homes themselves. A new project proposing that galaxy-spanning alien civilisations should generate detectable ...

Seven Rasmussen, an astrobiologist and author of the new book Cloudy with a Chance of Starships, gives readers a tour of the astonishing science behind modern searches for alien life We’ve been ...

There might be alien life on a nearby moon, scientists say - Saturn’s companion Enceladus has long been a particularly promising place to find aliens – and now researchers say that extraterrestrial li ...