MYSTERY “UFO sounds” recorded from under a lake in the USA have sparked a bizarre alien base conspiracy. But science may have some more mundane explanations as to where this Martian noise is coming ...

The hunt for intelligent life beyond Earth has quietly entered a more exacting phase, and one small, cool star has become a ...

The Allen Telescope Array, which has joined the search for possible alien radio signals There was excitement this week when it emerged a Russian radio telescope had detected a strong signal coming ...

Professor Avi Loeb’s research suggests tiny fragments of meteorite came from outside the solar system (Pictures: Getty/A Loeb In January 2014, a meteor scorched its way through the atmosphere, a ...

A simulated “alien” signal sent by a Nasa orbiter circling Mars has finally been cracked after months by a father-daughter duo, revealing the cosmic coded message. Nasa collaborated with SETI ...

Humans have been searching for signs of alien life for many years. From signals from space to potential sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in the sky, mankind’s curiosity has sought to ...

The bizarre signal, which was detected in late April 2019, sparked a great deal of enthusiasm among the scientific community last year. Picked up by the CSIRO radio telescope near Parkes in New South ...

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 ...

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 - ...

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