When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. This composite image shows the red, radio wave signature of the night sky rising over the Murchison Widefield Array, a radio telescope in the Australian outback. | Credit: © MWA Collaboration and Curtin University Searching for extraterrestrial signals in… Read More »
If all reports of mysterious objects whizzing through our skies are taken as actual encounters, Earth appears to be under attack. But spoiler alert: For the lead leader SET At the Institute, which was established to research and understand life beyond Earth, there is a need to take a step back and embrace the cosmic… Read More »
The Red Planet continues to surprise us. New research has revealed a giant volcano and possible buried glacial ice sheet. The location for this groundbreaking announcement is in the eastern part of the Tharsis volcanic field on Mars, near the planet’s equator. Due to its eroded, difficult-to-detect nature, the feature had been overlooked since Mariner… Read More »
If aliens are synchronizing their signals with the light from supernova 1987A, then search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is handling the case. Scientists at the institution say they can find such signals by looking for them in a place called the “SETI Ellipsoid”. About 167,600 years ago, a blue supergiant star exploded. supernova inside Large… Read More »
To detect potential intelligent life beyond, you must first expand your network using a range of techniques and technologies. Any “fishing expedition” for ET involves a close examination of life in extreme environments here. Soilto help us recognize signatures we might find Anthem or a deep dive into the icy crust of Jupiter’s moon, Europe.… Read More »
We’re only halfway through 2023, and it already feels like the year of alien contact. In February, President Joe Biden ordered the shooting down of three unidentified aerial phenomena (NASA’s name for UFOs). Then, a Navy pilot’s alleged leaked footage of a UFO, followed by a whistleblower’s report of a possible US government cover-up regarding… Read More »