The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if there were an alien civilization on Proxima b.

A Soviet astronomer in the 1960s proposed a scale to classify hypothetical alien civilizations. Here’s why the framework is ...

, July 10 -- Scientists searching for signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life say some of the coldest objects in the Milky ...

Only at the precipice do we evolve.” Those words, spoken by Professor Barnhardt in The Day the Earth Stood Still, capture one ...

This video explores a hypothetical scenario regarding a global extraterrestrial invasion starting from a security breach at a ...

The best way to find alien technosignatures is to look for ones that have long survived their creators, according to a new ...

New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth could thus be overlooking prime evidence of alien intelligence.

This new group, which is led by Harvard professor Avi Loeb, aims to advise the Trump administration and the U.S. intelligence ...

Star Trek's Prime Directive revolutionized the science fiction genre by promoting cooperation and non-interference with alien ...

Once small enough, these technograins might gain a trip out of its host solar system by a solar wind that overcomes the star's gravity holding it back. These motes of dust are then free to roam the ...

Our search for technosignatures—clear signs of advanced civilizations beyond Earth—takes many forms. Many are driven by the famous Drake equation, which attempts to estimate how many technological ...