SETI's 1977 "Wow!" signal from deep space was even stronger than originally thought, but its source remains a complete ...

The Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia is tracking a faraway sunlike star known as HD 164595 for the Breakthrough Listen Initiative. No alien blips have been received so far. (Credit: NRAO) Fifteen ...

A star system 94 light-years away is in the spotlight as a possible candidate for intelligent inhabitants, thanks to the discovery of a radio signal by a group of Russian astronomers. HD 164595, a ...

Allen Telescope Array campaign shows slow changes in radio scintillation that can nudge pulsar timing by billionths of a ...

The internet (including us here at Inverse) has really dug the recent reports about a strange, as-yet-unexplained radio signal detected by Russian scientists using the RATAN-600 radio telescope. The ...

A radio signal emanating from a star 95 light-years away had the internet buzzin’ about the possibility of extraterrestrials trying to talk to us. Maybe we really had stumbled on aliens! As it turned ...

A recently detected SETI signal could end up being this generation's version of the famous "Wow!" signal of 1977: an intriguing mystery that keeps astronomers guessing for decades. In May 2015, a team ...

Nearly four decades after it was received, astronomers still can’t say with 100% certainty that the ‘Wow!’ signal was not an interstellar radio beacon from some far-flung extraterrestrial civilization ...

The RATAN-600 radio telescope in southern Russia. A report of a possible SETI signal that triggered a flood of news stories over the weekend shows the inherent problems with announcing a discovery ...

How would SETI discovering a signal from intelligent life change the day to day life for the average person? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are ...

Astronomers were left perplexed recently after they detected what was described as a "strong" signal coming from deep space. Conspiracy theorists pointed to aliens, while more considered views ...

Michael Garrett is a member of the Breakthrough Listen Advisory Board. I'm the co-vice-chair of the Int. Academy of Astronautics SETI Permanent Commitee (SETI PC) The US$100m (£70m) Breakthrough ...