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I want to believe — but yet another massive search for alien technosignatures just turned up nothing
By Paul Sutter published
Hunting for alien civilizations isn't a matter of just waiting around for them to show up; it's the business of combing through enormous volumes of data to look for peculiar signals.

Arecibo Observatory: The rise, legacy, and tragic collapse of a giant
By Vicky Stein last updated
Reference The legacy of Arecibo's nearly 60 years of astronomy research is strong, even after its loss in a dramatic 2020 collapse.

Destroyed observatory helped SETI unlock the secrets of 'cosmic lighthouses' powered by dead stars
By Robert Lea published
Years after the collapse of the Arecebo telescope data from the radio observatory has helped SETI scientists probe the characteristics of pulsars, cosmic lighthouses powered by dead stars.

UFO whistleblowers tell Congress 'we are not alone in the cosmos' (video)
By Brett Tingley published
The latest congressional UFO hearing featured testimony from former military personnel who told representatives that excessive government secrecy hides the fact that we are not alone in the cosmos.

'Alien signal' sent from Mars decoded by father-daughter team
By Brett Tingley published
A signal beamed at Earth from Mars in 2023 has finally been decoded by a father and daughter team in the United States.

SETI tests new alien-hunting strategy, but TRAPPIST-1 planets remain silent
By Keith Cooper published
A new search for extraterrestrial radio signals during planetary occultations in the TRAPPIST-1 system provides a promising new strategy for hunting for extraterrestrial life.

Why haven't we found intelligent alien civilizations? There may be a 'universal limit to technological development’
By Conor Feehly published
Why haven’t we found signs of advanced alien life? Scientists ponder the heavy question.

'We are close:' SETI astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol on the search for life
By Leonard David published
Astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol seeks answers to two key questions: Are we alone in the universe? How did life on Earth begin in the first place?
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