Alien first contact: how the new rules differ from science fiction

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist ...

Scientists probe cosmic visitor from deep space, come up empty in search for alien life

The object, called 3I/ATLAS, is only the third interstellar visitor ever detected passing through our Solar System.

Scientists search for signs of alien life on a visitor from another solar system

Scientists have searched one of the only known visitors to us from another solar system for signs of alien technology – and ...

Comet probed for signs of aliens

The group leading the charge in the search for extraterrestrial life has given the all clear: An interstellar comet looks to ...

Searching for Aliens Is More Like Archaeology

For decades, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has been guided by one hopeful assumption: somewhere in the galaxy, ...

Missing signs of alien life? NASA's instruments allegedly blind to extraterrestrial patterns Nature

NASA's hunt for alien life may be undermined by its own instruments, according to a group of leading astrobiologists who warn that current tools and mission designs are likely missing subtle, but ...