Historically, many scientists and society have been fascinated by the prospect of making contact with extraterrestrial civilisations. People around th.

The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence may not be a cheerful greeting. A growing group of researchers is ...

We've all grown up dreaming of aliens landing on the Earth or laser beaming across the sky; well, either way, it's sci-fi and dramatic. But what if th.

For decades, science fiction writers have tried their best to prepare us for eventual contact with aliens. Their efforts are dominated by several recurrent tropes. There's the invasion by a warlike ...

According to a new scientific hypothesis, alien civilisations may only become detectable at the moment of their collapse.

When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...