Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Turbulent star environments may broaden alien radio signals, making them harder for SETI to detect. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) Radio ...

Research from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute has found that we may have missed transmissions from intelligent alien life for a very benign reason. SETI’s searches are ...

For decades, the search for alien intelligence has revolved around the question: if someone out there is listening, how could they hear us? A new study combining data from Penn State and NASA’s Jet ...

E.T. could be phoning home — but we’re not hearing the call. A new study published in The Astrophysical Journal argues that “space weather” could be distorting incoming transmissions from ...

In the past several years the media has been abuzz with the emerging notion of the Singularity. The idea that there will be a merging of humans and machines and that our consciousness will eventually ...

"If a signal gets broadened by its own star's environment, it can slip below our detection thresholds, even if it's there." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...