In practice, the universe is full of surprises, and so is Earth’s own technology. What has repeatedly unsettled researchers is not random static but signals that look almost too ideal: razor-thin in ...

The "Breakthrough Listen" initiative listened in on 1,300 star systems and found no sign of E.T. But the search is set to expand. The search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, is a numbers ...

In a recent SETI Live conversation, astronomer and Drake Award winner Dr. Jason Wright addressed that question through the ...

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Humans have wondered for centuries whether we are alone in the universe — and a new study suggests that if alien ...

Pulsars are some of the most reliable metronomes in the universe, and scientists are now using their flickering radio beams to keep time across the galaxy and sharpen the search for intelligent life.

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Solar winds and coronal mass ejections may scatter narrow signals, making them harder for Earth-based telescopes to detect. The SETI Institute uses radio telescopes to search for signs of intelligent ...