What if you found out that you had a long-lost relative? And what if that long-lost relative was from a different planet in ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...

Long before Artemis II captured our attention by taking humans farther from Earth than ever before, humans have been fascinated by the possibility of exploring other worlds, finding life on other ...

Studying how honeybees process information may help humans communicate with aliens, according to a new thought experiment. Although the ancestors of honeybees and humans diverged in evolution more ...

The film Arrival tells the story of massive alien pods that have landed, and a linguist — played by Amy Adams — is tasked with trying to communicate with the beings inside. While the film is a ...

By studying Earth's toughest microbes and complex animal "speech", scientists are reshaping how we search for – and may someday talk to – alien life.

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...