Alien: Covenant expanded the Alien universe with rich world-building and philosophical depth. As a prequel to the 1979 original, it explored humanity’s origins, creation, and the dangers of artificial ...

From reducing administrative workload to navigating ‘alien intelligence,’ this month’s column takes a practical look at ...

A provocative theory circulating among artificial intelligence researchers suggests that once machines achieve human-level intelligence and beyond, they might create something entirely unexpected: a ...

Searching for extraterrestrial intelligence has so far primarily meant focusing on one particular type of signal—and that signal has normally been based on our own current cutting-edge technology. But ...

It may not breathe, eat, or sleep. It may not reproduce in any ordinary sense. It may not have a face, a voice, or a body shaped by evolution. It may be a machine. This is not a wild idea – it follows ...

An awe-inspiring and comprehensive exploration into the grand scientific quest for extraterrestrial intelligence, examining ...

The search for extraterrestrial life has evolved from philosophy to a serious scientific and national security concern ...

If humanity ever makes contact with an intelligent extraterrestrial civilization, we will have no shortage of questions.

For the first time in more than 15 years, the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) committee has significantly revised the protocols governing ...

Letters: Readers offer their explanations for the absence of hard evidence for extraterrestrial civilisations, in response to an article by Adam Kirsch ...

IN The shadows of Mount Shasta and Lassen Peak volcanoes in northern California, dozens of radio telescopes are gearing up to search for extraterrestrials. Thousands of kilometres away in Boston, ...