Red dwarfs make up the vast majority of stars in the galaxy. Such ubiquity means they host the majority of rocky exoplanets ...

Assuming intelligent aliens know how to harvest energy from stars, would humanity be able to spot these high-level structures?

We may be missing alien radio signals because they have become smeared beyond the narrowband detectors that SETI utilizes, a new study suggests.

Ever since physicist Freeman Dyson first proposed the concept in 1960, the "Dyson sphere" has been the holy grail of ...

Scientists studying distant exoplanets believe that plant life on some worlds could appear red rather than green. The reason lies in the type of light emitted by the host star and how organisms evolve ...

In Amiri’s calculations, Dyson spheres around white dwarfs tend to produce cooler, fainter thermal emission that peaks in the near- to mid-infrared, while M-dwarf cases can radiate more strongly but ...

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...

Russell is a hard-working family-man who loves all things nerdy. His love of writing led Russell to obtain a minor in English in addition to his Bachelor's of Psychology from the University of North ...

What do vampires from the 1930s South, an ambitious ping-pong player, an undercover alien and an ex-revolutionary all have in ...

For over six decades, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has been tirelessly scanning the cosmos for signs of alien life. Despite its extensive efforts, the universe remains eerily ...

You’ve probably looked up at the night sky and wondered where we stand in the universe. Now, something strange is being teased out of the data — and it’s not just another distant dot. Astronomers ...

The Geordie duo from Byker Grove became ITV's golden presenters, but their 2006 film Alien Autopsy received brutal reviews and saw them return to TV presenting for good ...