A leading astrobiologist argues that advanced aliens may well exist but are likely giving Earth a miss, thanks to vast ...

Attention human. You are receiving an interstellar radio transmission. And it could be coming from one of the nearest ...

As UAP files are declassified and Disclosure Day hits cinemas, physicists argue that any aliens capable of reaching Earth would become 'time exiles' who can never truly go home.

The scientific wonderers at What If look for chemical signatures and radio signals that might prove a neighbor star hosts a technologically advanced race. Millions of Americans drop Obamacare plans ...

Looking ahead: Expanded search strategies, improved computational power, and formal academic training are reshaping SETI into a mature scientific discipline. The timing is not accidental. SETI has ...

When I was an intelligence officer, we had a saying about looking for "bad guys" in terrorist networks: "Don't look for your lost keys only under the lamppost." This means don't restrict your hunt for ...

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 ...

For decades, the idea of alien life has lived somewhere between science and science fiction. From Hollywood & Bollywood films to grainy UFO footage on the internet, the possibility that humanity is ...

The first confirmed detection of an exoplanet, a planet outside our Solar System, came in 1992. We’ve found a lot more in the years since then. According to NASA, by the end of October 2025, the tally ...

“There is a silence in the night sky that has bothered me for as long as I can remember.” That observation, attributed to American physicist Richard Feynman, captures a tension many people feel when ...