Scientists say bad space weather may be one reason alien tech signals have not reached our telescopes in a usable form, after ...

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Scientists hope studies into Boyajian’s star could lead to enhanced techniques for identifying distant planetary civilisations It is our galaxy’s strangest star, a flickering globe of light whose ...

Astronomers are accelerating their search to answer the ultimate question – does alien life exist elsewhere in the Universe? One technique at their disposal involves analysing light scattered off a ...

ASTRONOMERS performing the biggest search for alien life have come back empty handed so are making all the data they have collected public in the hope of someone else spotting something. This will be ...

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 ...