With the exception of "Star Trek" and a handful of other movies, so few sci-fi flicks feature positive and uplifting themes, instead portraying humankind caught in mass conflict w ...

In this rapidly approaching reality, what tools will we need not just to survive, but to retain our humanity? We turned to ...

New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder to detect.

Research from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute has found that we may have missed transmissions from intelligent alien life for a very benign reason. SETI’s searches are ...

A civilization capable of interstellar travel may also be one that has moved beyond conquest, excess and ecological ...

E.T. could be phoning home — but we’re not hearing the call. A new study published in The Astrophysical Journal argues that “space weather” could be distorting incoming transmissions from ...

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Radio silence has long puzzled those searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, but the answer might lie much closer to the source of potential signals than previously thought. Conditions around ...

Earthlings, brace yourselves: the galaxy may be emptier than your last Tinder date. According to a new study, any alien civilizations out there? Probably short-lived — and doomed to fail spectacularly ...