This not-so-little piece of equipment could change astronomy forever. And it could be about to find alien life. Maybe in a ...

Solar winds and coronal mass ejections may scatter narrow signals, making them harder for Earth-based telescopes to detect. The SETI Institute uses radio telescopes to search for signs of intelligent ...

Across the observable universe, galaxies advertise themselves in radio waves for familiar reasons-magnetic fields, cosmic rays, and, in those cases where it’s relevant, matter spiraling into a central ...

For decades, humanity has scoured the cosmos for any signs that we aren't alone in the universe. NASA spacecraft like the twin Voyager probes – launched in the 1970s bearing the iconic Golden Record – ...