For decades, scientists have searched the skies for signs of extraterrestrial technology. A study from EPFL asks a sharp ...

Advanced aliens could be chatting with each other using light flashes in plain sight, similar to how fireflies communicate, according to a new study that could lead to new approaches in finding ...

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A recent NASA-backed study suggests that alien civilizations could potentially detect some of the signals humans send into space. Researchers from Pennsylvania State University and NASA's Jet ...

ADVANCED alien civilisations might be talking to each other across the vast reaches of space using a “firefly” technique. That’s according to scientists who reckon spotting aliens might be far easier ...

The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence may not be a cheerful greeting. A growing group of researchers is arguing that our inaugural contact is more likely to be a distress call, the ...

We might not be looking in the right places, scientists warn ADVANCED alien civilisations might be talking to each other across the vast reaches of space using a “firefly” technique. That’s according ...

Astronomers identified a strange object in the Milky Way that sends out powerful bursts of radio waves and X-rays with steady timing. The source, know.