Jane Wagner’s The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in The Universe premiered on Broadway in 1985. The original production ran for 391 performances and was awarded a Drama Desk Award for Unique ...

Stephen Hawking has started the biggest project to date to search for intelligent life outside of planet Earth. The initiative was announced Monday at The Royal Society in London. The 10-year search ...

From cutting-edge helicopters on Mars to artificial intelligence scanning the stars, the SETI Institute continues to lead bold, innovative efforts in the search for life beyond Earth. Recent media ...

The hunt for intelligent life beyond Earth has quietly entered a more exacting phase, and one small, cool star has become a proving ground for how serious that search can be. TRAPPIST-1, a dim red ...

As the play begins, self-described bag lady Trudy is waiting on the corner of Walk/Don't Walk in New York City for an arranged meeting with the aliens she's befriended. The role made famous by Lily ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In the late 1800s Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli pointed a telescope at Mars ...

You too could be Jodie Foster as astronomers organize a practice run in communicating with aliens. By Dennis Overbye He was convinced that human beings would eventually connect with extraterrestrials, ...