technosignatures
Could We Detect an Alien Civilization Trying to Warm Their Planet?
Humanity is facing an atmospheric threat of our own device, and our internecine squabbles are hampering our ability to neutralize…
Moon Lander Detects Technosignatures Coming from Earth
The search for life has to be one of the most talked about questions in science. The question is, what…
Could Alien Solar Panels Be Technosignatures?
If alien technological civilizations exist, they almost certainly use solar energy. Along with wind, it's the cleanest, most accessible form…
Astronomers are on the Hunt for Dyson Spheres
There's something poetic about humanity's attempt to detect other civilizations somewhere in the Milky Way's expanse. There's also something futile…
Breakthrough Listen Scans Entire Galaxies for Signals From Extremely Advanced Civilizations
In 1960, Dr. Frank Drake led the first Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) experiment at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory…
Why Build Megastructures? Just Move Planets Around to Make Habitable Worlds
A new study recommends we stop looking for megastructures and start searching for advanced civilizations who have moved multiple planets…
Could We Find Aliens Terraforming Other Worlds?
The first early humans to use fire had no inkling of what it would lead to. Fire was one of…
Want to Find UFOs? That's a Job for Machine Learning
A new study shows how hyperspectral imaging and AI could help in the study of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).
Astronomers Scan the Skies for Nanosecond Pulses of Light From Interstellar Civilizations
The VERITAS Collaboration and Breakthrough Listen just released the results of the first year of their survey for optical technosignatures.
A Lack of Alien Signals Actually Tells Us a Lot
In a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal, a researcher from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) discusses…