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For decades, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has been defined more by silence than discovery, but that balance may be starting to shift. As new telescopes, algorithms, and theoretical ...

A photo of a three-sided Martian "pyramid" has sparked discussions on potential advanced life on the Red Planet. Evidence of alien life or cosmic pyramid scheme? A documentary filmmaker sparked a ...

The first unmistakable signal from another intelligence may not be a cheerful greeting. A growing group of researchers is arguing that our inaugural contact is more likely to be a distress call, the ...

For decades, science fiction writers have tried their best to prepare us for eventual contact with aliens. Their efforts are dominated by several recurrent tropes. There's the invasion by a warlike ...