It's almost certainly not an extraterrestrial telegram. But waves that seemed to come from the vicinity of Proxima Centauri ...

Not quite little green men quite yet but Chinese state media claimed they picked up some mysterious signals on their massive Spy Eye telescope but the report was swiftly deleted Five-hundred-metre ...

A mysterious radio signal from 30,000 light years away might have come from a ‘volcano’ on a dead star, and could throw light on a bigger mystery - fast radio bursts. Fast radio bursts are bright ...

Scientists have debated whether or not the discovery of alien life could spark a devastating war on Earth, with nations battling for access to communicate with extra-terrestrials. In a paper published ...

Chinese researchers said that the country’s powerful Sky Eye telescope may have picked up signs of alien life, before a report was quickly deleted. The giant radio telescope detected electromagnetic ...

The existing protocols to deal with aliens are quite old The team has set up an SETI Post-Detection Hub They will discuss ways to decipher space signals and formulate space laws As space agencies like ...

A mysterious radio signal detected nearly five decades ago and long speculated to be evidence of extraterrestrial life may finally have a natural explanation, according to new research. The so-called ...

China’s Sky Eye is the world’s largest radio telescope and is extremely sensitive in the low-frequency radio band (Picture: Xinhua) China believes it might have detected alien presence using its giant ...

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Scientists think they might have found an explanation for the “wow” signal (Getty Images) Scientists think they might have found an explanation for the “wow” signal that has long led to hopes it was ...

Chinese state media announced it may have detected signs of alien life via one of its state-of-the-art radio telescopes - before mysteriously deleting any trace of the report. The now deleted ...