A bold new programme financed by a Silicon Valley tycoon will revitalise the hunt for alien civilisations IN 1959 a young astronomer called Frank Drake was working at the Green Bank radio ob... Read more
Making our presence known might be dangerous Researchers involved in the search for extra-terrestrial life are considering what the message from Earth should be. The call has been made at th... Read more
Looking for life on other planets is not straightforward. It usually relies on chemical detection, which might be limited or even completely irrelevant to alien biology. On the other hand, m... Read more
Humanity is on the threshold of being able to detect signs of alien life on other worlds. By studying exoplanet atmospheres, we can look for gases like oxygen and methane that only coexist i... Read more