If humans ever receive a message from intelligent aliens, the biggest challenge may not be how far away they are, but how to communicate at all. Our nearest star system is more than four light-years ...

Science fiction stories about “alien” invaders are often political allegories for anxieties around immigration. Now, a ...

When astrobiologists are asked what aliens might look like, many now point not to distant galaxies but to some of the ...

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does intelligent life look like? And how would aliens communicate? How could ...