A group of Chinese scientists is diving deep into the cosmos in search of alien radio signals from the TRAPPIST-1 star system ...

A mysterious radio signal which may have come from a black hole, a neutron star or even an alien civilisation, has been picked up by astronomers. Fast radio bursts, which last only milliseconds, are ...

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If an alien civilisation wanted to communicate with Earth, where would the E.T.s be likely to put a radio beacon to be picked up by other intelligent life? Researchers from the Search for ...

Cosmic radio waves which have puzzled astronomers for more than a decade, and even led to speculation that they were made by aliens, are probably produced by a huge neutron star, scientists have said.

The signal was detected by the CHIME telescope, partially pictured. Pic: CC4/Z22 Astronomers have detected alien signals - that is, signals from a foreign galaxy - being emitted in an unusually ...

Mysterious ‘fast radio bursts’ which some scientists have said could be evidence of alien intelligence are definitely coming from space – not Earth. Scientists from Swinburne University of Technology ...

A mysterious radio signal from our nearest stellar neighbour, Proxima Centauri, is being 'carefully investigated' by a team of alien-hunting astronomers. Researchers from the Breakthrough Listen ...

ASTRONOMERS have discovered a set of mysterious radio signals that could have been sent to Earth by a distant alien race. The repeating Fast Radio Burst, only the second ever found, was fired from a ...

Astronomers have detected alien signals - that is, signals from a foreign galaxy - being emitted in an unusually regular 16-day cycle. Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are not in and of themselves unusual - ...