Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, humanity has scoured the cosmos for any signs that we aren't alone in the universe. But now, researchers at the SETI ...

Just over 40 years ago, in his novel Contact, astronomer Carl Sagan imagined what it would be like to detect radio signals beamed from other intelligent lifeforms in the galaxy. In the story, these ...

Scientists have quietly rewritten the global rulebook for what happens if alien intelligence is ever detected, updating long‑standing 'first contact' plans in 2026 to prevent panic and confusion in an ...

For decades, humanity has scoured the cosmos for any signs that we aren't alone in the universe. NASA spacecraft like the twin Voyager probes – launched in the 1970s bearing the iconic Golden Record – ...