During a hearing last week before the U.S. House Science and Technology Committee SETI scientists Seth Shostak and Dan Werthimer…
A common criticism of science is its quick decision to experiment, without thinking about whether or not it should. While…
It's truly a "eureka" moment for Kepler scientists: the first rocky Earth-sized world has been found in a star's habitable…
This interview with Frank Drake -- sometimes called the Father of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence – was recorded in…
Discovering life beyond Earth might just be the holy grail of science. And even though we have yet to find…
"That's no moon..." -B. Kenobi But in this case, it is... a lost moon of Neptune not seen since its…
In Star Trek lore, money doesn’t exist in the 24th century. But sometime in the 21st century, when we (hopefully)…
Although scientists have been listening for years to search for indications of other sentient life in the Universe, just a…
It's a big galaxy out there. Even the most skeptical scientist has to accept that if a civilisation like our…
In 1888, astronomer Simon Newcomb uttered now infamous words, stating that “We are probably nearing the limit of all we…