Humans are one step closer to communicating with aliens. The SETI Institute, a non-profit dedicated to understanding life in space, simulated an extraterrestrial signal that was beamed from a Mars ...

SETI sent a message from Mars to Earth to simulate how aliens' attempts at communication may play out. The mysterious message is posted online for anyone to study and attempt to decode. The project's ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Well, that's exactly what scientists have been looking into! They've come up with a special message to send into space which they hope will one day reach aliens. The binary-coded message, which has ...