The search for extraterrestrial life has evolved from philosophy to a serious scientific and national security concern ...

Science: Nikku Madhusudhan (IoA) Claims about possible extraterrestrial life on K2-18b and Mars generated worldwide ...

This documentary explores the fascinating scientific quest to find intelligent alien life, discussing methods ranging from radio wave and laser detection to technosignatures, Kardashev civilization ...

Thomas Mulligan explores the massive financial investments, cutting-edge technologies, and deep scientific endeavors behind the historic $100 million quest to discover extraterrestrial life.

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is a multidisciplinary research area focused on detecting evidence of technologically advanced civilizations beyond Earth, primarily through their ...

Throughout July 2026, SETI Institute scientists, leaders, and collaborators contributed to conversations spanning the origins of life, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, Mars exploration, ...

Stanisław Lem, author of the science fiction classic Solaris (1961), balked at Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1972 film adaptation after ...

Given the size and age of the universe, it should be full of species with technology far more advanced than our own. But so far there is no trace ...

Somewhere in the Universe, an alien culture may have developed the technology to build giant megastructures around stars, harnessing their energy on an unimaginable scale.

Astronomers may have been listening for alien civilizations in only a small slice of the radio spectrum while overlooking a largely unexplored range of higher frequencies. Using archived data from the ...

Scientists propose a universal test that could detect alien life without assuming it resembles any biology found here on ...

Many claims are made on UFO podcasts and tabloid TV by “insiders” who seem to know many secrets that can’t be shared because—well, they’re secret. (“I wish I could tell you where the intact alien ...