The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist ...

For decades, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has been defined more by silence than discovery, but that balance may be starting to shift. As new telescopes, algorithms, and theoretical ...

Scientists have searched one of the only known visitors to us from another solar system for signs of alien technology – and found nothing.

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