I’ve been an avid stargazer for a fair few decades now and not once have I seen anything that makes…
One of the easiest ways to find exoplanets is using the transit method. It relies upon monitoring the brightness of…
Dyson Spheres have been a tantalising digression in the hunt for alien intelligence. Just recently seven stars have been identified…
Evolution has produced a wondrously diverse variety of lifeforms here on Earth. It just so happens that talking primates with…
SETI researchers have directed their search toward interesting star systems where extraterrestrial civilizations could send signals toward Earth. According to…
One of the fascinating things about being a human in this age is that we can do more than wonder…
Most science fiction portrays the first contact between humanity and alien civilizations as a disaster. That's probably because our history…
The first early humans to use fire had no inkling of what it would lead to. Fire was one of…
Imagine we detect an interstellar object entering our Solar System. At first, astronomers think it's just another natural interloper like…