The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...

Scientists say bad space weather may be one reason alien tech signals have not reached our telescopes in a usable form, after ...

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

Scientists in California have completed one of the first dedicated searches for signs of alien technology on 3I/ATLAS, the ...