We could see robots working on NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory out in space.

The latest hunt for alien signals in the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system has test-driven a new strategy that will allow astronomers to perform a more efficient, targeted search for technological ...

The hunt for intelligent life beyond Earth has quietly entered a more exacting phase, and one small, cool star has become a proving ground for how serious that search can be. TRAPPIST-1, a dim red ...

In this excerpt from his new book, John Gertz argues it’s time to ditch SETI’s old dogmas and rethink how we prepare for first contact. Reading time 6 minutes Editor’s note: The following is an ...

Do not shout ‘alien!’” Amid surge of public interest in UFOs or UAP, one group updated its rules for how news of extraterrestrials should be revealed.

It is not at all a given that aliens are far away. Alien probes might be surveilling us closely right now from within our own solar system, deciding whether to open a channel of communication with ...