Astronomers have detected a mysterious object in our galaxy that emits intense bursts of radio waves and X-rays with ...

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 ...

Historically, many scientists and society have been fascinated by the prospect of making contact with extraterrestrial civilisations. People around the world have wished for the day we discover an ...

Price has made tremendous progress in the AI field over the past few years, with AIs of incredible ability emerging, such as image-generating AIs Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, and text-generating ...

Scientists across the globe were stumped by mysterious signals being received at the Parkes radio telescope, but it turned out to be anything but extraterrestrial. Scientists across the globe were ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...