New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder ...

For four decades, many SETI experiments have focused on finding sharp spikes in frequency but the new study says signals may not stay narrow as they travel away from their home system.

Solar winds near aliens’ homes – and ours – might be blowing away signs of alien technosignatures by broadening signals The ...

For over six decades, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has been tirelessly scanning the cosmos for signs ...

The researchers who scan the skies for radio signals from extraterrestrials are now rethinking their approach.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, humanity has scoured the cosmos for any signs that we aren't alone in the universe. But now, researchers at the SETI ...

Radio silence has long puzzled those searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, but the answer might lie much closer to the ...

The reason we haven’t heard from aliens could be remarkably simple: interstellar communication is hard, and turbulent plasma ...

Recent media coverage highlights the wide range of research, education, and scientific perspectives emerging from the SETI ...

Institute has found that we may have missed transmissions from intelligent alien life for a very benign reason. SETI’s searches are focused only on very narrow signals, so the organization typically ...

SETI has spent decades listening for a sharp, well-defined radio signal that could indicate it was sent by distant intelligent life. Now researchers believe that space weather could distort and blur s ...

Researchers who listen for signs of non-human life say signals ‘can slip below detection thresholds, even if it’s there’ ...