Some of the most tantalizing hints in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence have not been messy or chaotic, but eerily ...

SETI's 1977 "Wow!" signal from deep space was even stronger than originally thought, but its source remains a complete mystery.

A star system 94 light-years away is in the spotlight as a possible candidate for intelligent inhabitants, thanks to the discovery of a radio signal by a group of Russian astronomers. HD 164595, a ...

A radio signal emanating from a star 95 light-years away had the internet buzzin’ about the possibility of extraterrestrials trying to talk to us. Maybe we really had stumbled on aliens! As it turned ...

Nearly four decades after it was received, astronomers still can’t say with 100% certainty that the ‘Wow!’ signal was not an interstellar radio beacon from some far-flung extraterrestrial civilization ...

Astronomers were left perplexed recently after they detected what was described as a "strong" signal coming from deep space. Conspiracy theorists pointed to aliens, while more considered views ...

How would SETI discovering a signal from intelligent life change the day to day life for the average person? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are ...

SETI scientists have detected signals that don’t behave like anything found in nature — narrowband, repeating, and drifting ...

The $100 million Breakthrough Listen Initiative, founded by the billionaire, technology and science investor Yuri Milner and his wife Julia, has identified a mysterious radio signal that seems to come ...

A strange signal has been detected coming from a nearby star, Proxima Centauri. Nicknamed the “Wow! 2020 signal,” it was detected as part of the Breakthrough Listen project which works on the search ...

If BLC-1 finally emerges as a true SETI signal candidate, it will be the first since the "Wow! signal" recorded back in 1977. This is perhaps the most famous example of an inconclusive SETI ...

Michael Garrett is a member of the Breakthrough Listen Advisory Board. I'm the co-vice-chair of the Int. Academy of Astronautics SETI Permanent Commitee (SETI PC) The US$100m (£70m) Breakthrough ...