Is intelligent alien life really out there? With powerful telescopes identifying more potentially habitable planets each year ...

Our universe does host life, but another one might be even better suited for life. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read ...

The Drake Equation helps scientists estimate the odds of finding intelligent alien civilizations. It’s an age-old question: Do aliens exist? And what are the odds we’ll make contact? A famous ...

Astrobiologists propose that alien civilizations need accessible coal deposits to industrialize exoplanets and become detectable from Earth.

So many things had to happen for us (humans) to end up here (Earth). Our species is made possible because a water-filled planet orbits a particular distance away from a star of a particular size.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sometimes it seems like we got to the galactic party late and everyone has already gone home. Our species only figured out how to ...

Dr. Vakoch is the president of METI International, a nonprofit focused around extraterrestrial communication. On Nov. 16, 1974, scientists fired off a nearly three-minute radio message into space with ...

The human brain is a marvel of neurons firing electrical impulses through complex networks of neural pathways. It can also be notoriously slow when it comes to figuring out new solutions for ...

Major airports may be alerting intelligent alien civilizations to our presence, according to new research. Are we being watched? Radar systems at major airports may be doing more than managing air ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I explore a fascinating proposition about ...