SHOCKING: Frank drake - What They Never Told You

60 Years Ago, 'Star Trek' Gave Us A Terrifying Parallel Earth — And Never Looked Back

The 'Star Trek: The Original Series' episode "Miri" is bizzare, but it also presented a strange Trek precedent, somewhat literary.

Inverse · Oct 28

The great silence: why haven’t we found any aliens yet?

The long read: Given the size and age of the universe, it should be full of species with technology far more advanced than our own. But so far there is no trace

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11

Where are all the aliens? Maybe they just don't want to talk to us

A civilization capable of interstellar travel may also be one that has moved beyond conquest, excess and ecological self-destruction — and it therefore may not want to talk to us.

Space · Mar 17

The great silence: Just 4 in 10,000 galaxies may host intelligent aliens

Without plate tectonics, oceans and continents, complex life that is able to invent and master advanced technology might never evolve.

Space · Jul 6, 2024

Water-themed plaque to fly on Europa Clipper to Jupiter's icy ocean moon

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, which is dedicated to studying Jupiter's icy ocean moon, will carry with it a metal plaque etched with the ripples created by the many ways humans say "water."

Space · Mar 12, 2024

SETI searches for alien signals synchronized with supernova 1987A

Astronomers revitalize an old concept called the SETI Ellipsoid that incorporates supernovas in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

Space · Feb 14, 2024

Oxygen Could Be Even More Critical to Alien Civilizations Than We Thought

A new study looked at the importance of oxygen in combustion, finding many technologies we depend on aren't possible without sufficient oxygen.

Inverse · Sep 4, 2023

New Paper Makes a Bold Plan for Where to Look For Aliens: Far Beyond Our Galaxy

It has been over sixty years since Dr. Frank Drake (father of the Drake Equation) and his colleagues mounted the first Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) survey.

Inverse · Apr 22, 2023

Humans are still hunting for aliens. Here's how astronomers are looking for life beyond Earth

We have long been fascinated with the idea of alien life. The earliest written record presenting the idea of “aliens” is seen in the satiric work of Assyrian writer Lucian of Samosata dated to 200 AD.

The Conversation · Mar 3, 2023

Frank Drake obituary

Astrophysicist and astronomer whose Project Ozma searched for radio signals from planets that could support extraterrestrial life

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2022