Even with modest assumptions, the Drake Equation often suggests the galaxy should be chock full of extraterrestrial neighbors ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Fred L. Smith Jr. Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Andromeda Galaxy, M31, with the Lunt 80mm f/7 doublet apo ...

Aliens may have stopped trying to contact humans because they simply got bored, Nasa scientist claims - Astrophysicist ...

An astrophysicist has proposed an intriguing explanation for why humanity has never made contact with an extraterrestrial ...

The search for extraterrestrials focuses on signals like the ones we produce ourselves. Thanks to AI, these might only last ...

Some of our SETI Institute team members at Pixar Animation Studios. A new documentary film, recently released, celebrates first contact with aliens and highlights the importance of SETI research in ...

The SETI Institute has honored David Deamer, an emeritus professor of biomolecular engineering, with its Drake Award. This award celebrates remarkable achievements in the realms of astrobiology and ...

As our technology advances, scientists warn that this may also serve another purpose. Scientists are now theorising that AI ...