A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Machine learning is quietly rewriting the rules of the cosmic hunt for company. Instead of waiting to recognize familiar ...

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Forget the grainy footage of 'flying saucers' or the campy sci-fi tropes of little green men from Mars; the search for ...