New theoretical models have strengthened the case that immense, energy-harvesting structures orbiting their host stars could ...

A scientist at the University of Glasgow has delved into the possible existence of ...

The latest finding from NASA's planet-hunting space telescope, Kepler, has scientists talking -- and they're stumped. "We've ruled out the usual suspects and are scratching our heads and can't figure ...

Astronomers have identified seven star systems in our galaxy that could potentially host a Dyson sphere — a hypothetical megastructure an alien civilization could build around a star or black hole to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. It might be evidence of aliens building gigantic structures around ...

The world was electrified last year when it was suggested that scientists had spotted an “alien megastructure” orbiting a distant star. Now a space boffin has suggested huge extraterrestrial ...

A story that went viral this week reports that astronomers finally found E.T., but those aren't the facts. CNET's Eric Mack talks with the astronomers involved about what is still a very interesting ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. When it comes to the hunt for extraterrestrial life, perhaps the ...

A European Space Agency catalog of the Milky Way's billions of stars could be hiding evidence of highly advanced alien civilizations with serious building skills. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor ...

A team of astronomers combed through a collection of odd stars that are candidates for Dyson spheres — artificial constructs designed by aliens to leech energy from stars. Instead, the scientists ...