Historically, many scientists and society have been fascinated by the prospect of making contact with extraterrestrial civilisations. People around the world have wished for the day we discover an ...

For decades, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has focused on subtle whispers in the cosmic noise, the faint, orderly patterns that might betray a distant civilization. A new line of ...

Columbia University professor David Kipping predicts humanity's first alien encounter will be with a rare, "loud" technosignature from an unstable civilization. His "Eschatian Hypothesis" suggests ...