Morning Overview on MSN

Is the first alien signal a civilization’s last message?

The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence would rank alongside fire and writing in the story of our species, ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN

First alien signal may be a civilization’s final cry

Could the first confirmed signal from an extraterrestrial source be less a hello than a goodbye? Astrophysicist David Kipping ...

First Contact With an Alien Civilization Could Be 'Loud'. Here's Why.

There's the invasion by a warlike species, there's the highly evolved species trying to communicate with our primitive ...
IFLScience on MSN

The Eschatian Hypothesis: Why Our First Contact From Aliens May Be Particularly Bleak, And Nothing Like The Movies

In this scenario, our first contact with aliens would be tragic. We should look for "loud shouts in the night".
AOL

Scientists Revealed Their Official Playbook for Making Contact with Aliens

Technosignatures are theoretical signs of technologically advanced alien civilizations, but so far, none of those civilizations have phoned home. Researchers from the Search for ExtraTerrestrial ...
The Debrief

SETI Looked Beyond Habitable Exoplanets—and Found a New Way to Search for Alien Technology

Scientists searched 27 exoplanets for alien technology using planetary eclipses, revealing a new way SETI hunts signals ...

Scientists have been studying the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e. Could it harbor alien life?

Want to be a top notch candidate for hosting alien life? Then there's a few key requirements you should be aware of: Ideally, ...
AOL

A Theory Says We Can’t Find Advanced Aliens Because They’re Not Trying to Be Found

The Fermi Paradox ponders an endlessly fascinating question: If so many worlds exist in the universe, why haven’t we detected any sign of extraterrestrial life? A possible reason, called the ...
Gizmodo

Scientists Propose a Smarter Way to Hunt for Alien Radio Signals

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has yet to detect alien technosignatures like radio waves, but the cosmos is vast, and there are plenty of places left to look. New research ...
Futurism

Scientist Suggests Tests to See if Large Object Headed Toward Earth Could Be an Alien Spacecraft

Earlier this month, astronomers made a fascinating discovery: a mysterious object with interstellar origins, now dubbed 3I/ATLAS, that’s hurtling toward the inner solar system at extreme speeds. As ...
Space.com

No near neighbors: Closest technologically advanced aliens may be 33,000 light-years from Earth

"Although ETIs might be rare, there is only one way to really find out, and that is by searching for it." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...