Stellar activity and plasma turbulence could distort narrow radio signals before they leave their home planetary systems, potentially explaining part of the long silence in the search for ...

Turbulent plasma near distant stars could blur ultra-narrow signals before they leave their home star systems - making them ...

“The universe is not as quiet as we were told.” The line belongs to a dramatic retelling of a disputed signal claim, but it captures a sober scientific problem: the first technosignature humanity ...

The researchers who scan the skies for radio signals from extraterrestrials are now rethinking their approach.

For over six decades, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has been tirelessly scanning the cosmos for signs ...

SETI has spent decades listening for a sharp, well-defined radio signal that could indicate it was sent by distant intelligent life. Now researchers believe that space weather could distort and blur s ...

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” Richard Feynman’s reflection lingers because it feels personal.

There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember. ” That observation, attributed to ...

Green Bank Telescope rules out alien signals in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS after rigorous scientific deep search.

The planet K2-18b, which drew intense speculation last year due to apparent signs of life, shows no signs of advanced civilisation after a comprehensive search for radio signals from it. In 2025, ...

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