Astronomers are hoping to one day establish contact with an advanced extraterrestrial civilization.
SETI astronomer Seth Shostak maintains that we will find evidence of intelligent aliens within two decades.
Scientists have come up with a way to scan the skies for pulses of light from an alien civilization.
A new paper has suggested using a lottery and savings bond as a way to fund the search for alien life.
Astronomers are attempting to determine the nature of a strange signal picked up by a Russian telescope.
The SETI Institute is aiming to find evidence of aliens in a place where nobody had thought to look.
The famous 'Wow!' signal picked up in 1977 could turn out to have a rather mundane explanation.
Researchers across the country have been attempting to come up with a message to send in to space.
A new $100 million endeavor has been launched to look for signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life.
SETI director Seth Shostak believes that we should broadcast the entire Internet in to the cosmos.
First picked up in 2001, these so-called 'fast radio bursts' are continuing to perplex scientists.
The search for extraterrestrial life could be helped along by seeking out cosmic science experiments.
The legendary astronomer believes that it would be 'silly' to try sending messages in to space.
Astronomers are planning to send radio messages to Earth-like worlds within a range of 20 light years.
Vast distances between habitable planets could make communication with alien life an inviable concept.
A new project is hoping to use heat detection to pick up signs of extraterrestrial intelligence.
SETI astronomer Seth Shostak doesn't believe that we have ever been visited by extraterrestrials.
Dan Werthimer and Seth Shostak presented their latest findings this week at a House Committee hearing.
A new study suggests that the human race may not be prepared for communication with extraterrestrials.
SETI's Seth Shostak believes that if alien life exists then we will find it within the next two decades.