On May 22, 2026, the Pentagon released a second batch of previously classified photos and videos showing what appear to be ...

One of the most fantastical claims SpaceX is making during the countdown to its IPO is that it is helping create one of the ...

Interstellar space is unforgivingly vast, but the emptiness has some advantages. The lack of atmosphere means there is no aerodynamic drag.

Yet, as modern marine geologists and archaeologists continue to map the depths of the Baltic basin, a far more complex and grounded truth is beginning to surface. The reality of what lies beneath the ...

If there are aliens out there somewhere in the vast universe, as many have suggested, why haven’t they contacted us? A new theory proposes that perhaps they did try, but their technology isn’t much ...

Alien civilizations may die without ever meeting The universe may be filled with alien civilizations — but the laws of physics could make meeting them nearly impossible. Interstellar space is not ...

For more than half a century, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has been built on the assumption that if aliens exist and try to communicate, their signals will be faint, scattered, and ...

Just over 40 years ago, in his novel Contact, astronomer Carl Sagan imagined what it would be like to detect radio signals beamed from other intelligent lifeforms in the galaxy. In the story, these ...

Scientists have spent decades searching for extraterrestrial life by looking for specific signals from individual planets. However, a new study argues that this method could overlook a larger pattern.

“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 ...

A new study explores whether extraterrestrial signals could have already reached Earth undetected, examining what that would imply for current searches. Credit: Shutterstock Detecting extraterrestrial ...

"What we call the 'Great Silence' may not reflect absence, but refusal." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Back in 1961, astronomer ...