"An advanced technological civilization is a good approximation to God."

Harvard prof: Deep space signal may be from alien civilization

Alien. Cargo. Moving. Energy. Beams.

Harvard University's astronomy department chair has a theory about fast radio bursts coming from a distant galaxy: an alien civilization.

Harvard Prof: Deep Space Signal May Be From Alien Civilization

The mysterious signal is repeating every 16 days. A Harvard researcher says it could be of "artificial origin."

The agency is on the hunt for "alien technosignatures."

NASA is looking for new ways to detect alien technology

Off World

NASA is ramping up its focus on hunting for technosignatures, signs of technology emanating from alien worlds, in the search for extraterrestrial life.

NASA Is Looking For New Ways to Detect Alien Technology

We might be able to find aliens by looking for their tech.

Let's face it — believing in the paranormal has become kindred to wearing tinfoil hats and talking about government conspiracies.

You're not crazy if you believe in UFOs. Let's discuss in scientific terms.

The New York Times recently published two stories about the Pentagon's secretive program to investigate UFOs. Why can't we talk about it without it reeking of science fiction?

You’re Not Crazy if You Believe in UFOs. Let’s Discuss in Scientific Terms.

The stigma gets in the way, but perhaps that’s for good reason. 

Here’s a look at what extraterrestrials might actually be like.

Science fiction tends to lean toward a human-inflected conception of non-human life in the far reaches of the universe.

WATCH: Are alien lifeforms really anything like humans?

Sci-Fi Visions

Humans have long imagined alien lifeforms from elsewhere in the universe whose emotions, motivations, and physiologies closely mirror our own. 

Are Alien Lifeforms Really Anything Like Humans?

They probably have a similar physical organization to Earthly organisms.

Oxford biologists just outlined what alien life looks like

A group of Oxford biologists posits that alien life in our universe must have undergone natural selection, like organisms on Earth.

Oxford Biologists Outline What Alien Life Looks Like

"There is a level of predictability to evolution."

The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) League has an abundant list of protocols concerning contact with life on other planets.

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Harvard Prof: Deep Space Signal May Be From Alien Civilization

NASA Is Looking For New Ways to Detect Alien Technology

You’re Not Crazy if You Believe in UFOs. Let’s Discuss in Scientific Terms.

Are Alien Lifeforms Really Anything Like Humans?

Oxford Biologists Outline What Alien Life Looks Like

Here’s Our Plan If We Meet Aliens

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