Extraterrestrial Intelligence

The University of St. Andrews announced the formation of a new research hub, bringing together the brightest minds to prepare humanity for first contact.

U Up?

"We cannot afford to be ill prepared."

Scientists Preparing for Alien Contact

According to this researcher, if we ever make contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, we're unlikely to find a group of little green Martians.

AI Aliens

"They will probably have gone beyond biological smarts and, indeed, beyond biology itself. They won’t be alive."

Astronomer: Aliens Will Most Likely Resemble AI if We Ever Make Contact

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Don't blame aliens.

The Real Science Behind Supposed Alien Communications

A new paper outlines the ways in which an alien society may understand astronomy, and not understand us.

Scientists: We Most Likely Won't Ever Be Able to Communicate With Extraterrestrials

Their addendum to the Drake equation suggests that extraterrestrial civilizations might be more common than thought.

Study Asserts That Earth is Not The First Intelligent Civilization In The Universe

The fact that gamma-ray bursts haven’t killed us yet may allow us to put a lower bound on the cosmological constant.  

Why We May Owe Our Existence to Cosmic Expansion

Do Advanced Alien Civilizations Exist? Astrobiologists Provide a New Take on  Drake's Equation

We're still searching, but no one's answering…yet.  

SETI Video: Are Aliens Really Out There & Will We Ever Make First Contact?