A NASA‑linked study argues that alien probes could already be in our Solar System, but our surveys are still too crude to ...

Even at this early stage in our spacefaring age, humanity has already begun sending probes that will eventually reach other ...

Grain-sized remnants of alien technology may get caught in solar wind and land on plants and moons close to us ...

The SETI Institute is the latest to confirm what scientists have long suspected: the interstellar 3I/ATLAS comet is not an ...

To date, over 5000 exoplanets have been discovered using telescopes on the ground and in space. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...

The best way to find alien technosignatures is to look for ones that have long survived their creators, according to a new ...

Scientists recently detected something unusual entering our Solar System, sparking discussions about whether it is a comet or ...

Once small enough, these technograins might gain a trip out of its host solar system by a solar wind that overcomes the ...

Our search for technosignatures—clear signs of advanced civilizations beyond Earth—takes many forms. Many are driven by the famous Drake equation, which attempts to estimate how many technological ...

Is the rest of the cosmos a pristine environment awaiting the arrival of humanity’s “post-human” descendants? Or is advanced ...

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The object, called 3I/ATLAS, is only the third interstellar visitor ever detected passing through our Solar System.