The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence may not be a cheerful greeting. A growing group of researchers is arguing that our inaugural contact is more likely to be a distress call, the ...

Humans have wondered for centuries whether we are alone in the universe — and a new study suggests that if alien ...

These findings suggest that the absence of past detections does not mean discovery is imminent. If extraterrestrial ...

A recent SETI Institute study suggests that space weather could blur and weaken extraterrestrial radio signals long before they reach us.

The history of astronomical discovery shows that many of the most detectable phenomena, especially detection firsts, are not ...

If advanced aliens lived on a planet within a few hundred to a thousand light years away from Earth, then vast numbers of their signals must already have crossed Earth without being noticed, a new ...

If it were a phone call, we might call it a butt dial: A strong radio signal that set off questions about whether it emanated from an advanced alien race earlier this week is now believed to have come ...

One of the longest-standing techniques in humanity’s search for life beyond Earth may be causing scientists to miss alien signals entirely, a new study finds. Since the very beginnings of the search ...

In March 2026, SETI Institute researchers contributed to a wide range of conversations about our solar system and the search ...

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Signal Station is a tense, tactile sci-fi thriller where you are the operator of a remote listening station who intercepts the first confirmed alien signal. 1984. Remote listening station. An ...