Advanced alien civilizations may communicate via a series of flashing lights, similar to how fireflies do, a new paper hints. This would potentially make extraterrestrials much harder to spot if we ...

Long before scientists discovered that other stars in the universe host their own planetary systems, humanity had contemplated the existence of life beyond Earth. As our technology matured and we ...

Researchers have decided that a potentially good way to prepare for future contact with extraterrestrial beings is by studying…whale bubbles. No, it’s not a joke—researchers from the SETI Institute, ...