#alien civilizations
# astrobiology
Did humanity evolve too late to ever meet a galactic federation of intelligent life?
# space
Astronomers detected a new, strange signal from the heart of our galaxy to the delight of social media users ready for a sign from an alien civilization…
# astrobiology
Former military pilots and officers often share UFO stories with the media. But what if some of those objects really are from alien words? How would we know? What would we do?
# longform
For some people, science is not enough but religion is too implausible to explain our origins, so instead of making their peace with one, they turn to a curious mix of both.
# astrobiology
A new idea in the search for intelligent alien life argues that we should focus on aliens that could see us too.
# astrobiology
An alien civilization's megaproject is very unlikely to be responsible for the weird signals from a strange star. But we can't entirely rule it out...
# oddities
A new conspiracy book thinks it has a slam dunk argument for why humans were genetically engineers by aliens.
# astrobiology
In its quest or clicks, the media turned a single footnote in a paper on a sequence of fast radio bursts into proof that scientists found the second coming of the Wow! Signal.
# astrobiology
A study using soldier crabs to emulate computers is actually a perfect illustration of how different alien computing could be.
# space
If an alien civilization is advanced and powerful enough, could evidence of their existence be written on a galactic scale?
# astrobiology
As vast empires on Earth once learned, claiming an immense territory doesn't mean controlling it.
# astrobiology
Reverse-engineering alien technology is a common sci-fi and conspiracy theory trope. But doing it in real life would be a lot harder than it sounds...
# astrobiology
Ancient astronaut theorists claim that aliens wanted our planet for gold mining. But why would they need gold, much less in a place where it's hard to extract?
# astrobiology
Could an alien civilization set up a way to communicate with us more visually than just sending a laser or microwave broadcast?
# astrobiology
The Pope's astronomer thinks we should be trying to convert aliens to Catholicism. The chances they'll respond kindly to proselytizing doesn't seem high...
