If humanity ever makes contact with an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization, we will have no shortage of questions.

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Astronomers may have been listening for alien civilizations in only a small slice of the radio spectrum while overlooking a largely unexplored range of higher frequencies. Using archived data from the ...

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Syfy's The Ark returned Wednesday night with a season opener that killed a major character inside its first hour — and buried, quite literally, what may be the most scientifically credible storyline ...

Experts stress need for transparency while aiming to prevent premature announcements and protect scientists Alien hunters have released fresh guidelines on how to handle potential signals from ...

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Syfy's The Ark returned Wednesday night with a season opener that killed a major character inside its first hour — and buried, quite literally, what may be the most scientifically credible storyline ...