Attention human. You are receiving an interstellar radio transmission. And it could be coming from one of the nearest ...

According to one of the most controversial ancient astronaut theories, the Annunaki were powerful beings who arrived on Earth from a distant world known as Nibiru and played a direct role in the ...

“There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember.” That line, attributed to Richard Feynman, lands because it gets at a simple, stubborn feeling. The sky looks ...

For decades, humans have scanned for signals of alien technology emanating through the galaxy. The search highlights the contradiction between the abundance of planets and stars that stretch across ...

The best way to find alien technosignatures is to look for ones that have long survived their creators, according to a new ...

There is something almost offensive about a sky so full of stars and so empty of company. That is what gives Richard ...

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 ...

Our search for technosignatures—clear signs of advanced civilizations beyond Earth—takes many forms. Many are driven by the famous Drake equation, which attempts to estimate how many technological ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

In the following six books, each writer looks to space to skillfully explore what it means to live on Earth. Salvation and ...