Research indicates airport radar systems may unintentionally broadcast Earth's presence to aliens up to 200 lightyears away, ...

Earth's airports may be broadcasting our existence to the galaxy without anyone intending to. A 2025 study from the University of Manchester found that radar systems at major airports emit ...

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) revealed a distant planet located 40,000 light-years away using microlensing for the first time.

A set of protocols telling scientists what to do – and what not to do – if they ever detect evidence of intelligent life ...

Planet Earth could be giving out its own signals, which could in turn be detected by distant astronomers on an alien planet ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...

Scientists are raising concerns that we may be overlooking evidence of extraterrestrial life even when it is present. Hidden ...

New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth ...

Using emerging radio techniques refined during and after the Second World War, the astronomers detected a powerful radio ...

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 have rewritten global 'first contact' protocols for how to confirm and announce the discovery of alien intelligence, stressing verification and transparency in an age of deepfakes and ...

While telescopes like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can detect the chemical fingerprints of distant atmospheres, ...