The quest to find extraterrestrial life is an unending pursuit of science, and one aspect of this search revolves around technosignatures. Detectable from as far as 40 light-years away, Earth’s ...

The combustible sedimentary rock, better known as coal, was not only crucial to the onset of advanced technology here on Earth, but it should also be key to the development of advanced E.T.s residing ...

Global temperature increases over the past thirty years, visualized. Credit: NOAA/NCEI Earth's average global temperatures have been steadily increasing since the Industrial Revolution. According to ...

Advanced alien civilizations may communicate via a series of flashing lights, similar to how fireflies do, a new paper hints. This would potentially make extraterrestrials much harder to spot if we ...

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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 ...

If so, why haven’t they said hello? The humble residents of this pale blue dot have been on a quest to find an alien civilisation for more than a century. First, it was the “canals” of Mars. Then ...

The Drake Equation helps scientists estimate the odds of finding intelligent alien civilizations. It’s an age-old question: Do aliens exist? And what are the odds we’ll make contact? A famous ...

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