A pair of MIT researchers has proposed a radical method for making our presence known in the universe. In a new feasibility study, the team says it could be possible to use laser technology as a ...

If intelligent alien civilizations do exist, scientists think they could be using powerful flashlights to communicate with us. Astronomers have started to explore the idea that aliens could be trying ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An MIT researcher claims a laser space beacon detectable up to 20,000 light years away (MIT) Experts still debate whether sending ...

If any intelligent aliens share our cosmic neighborhood, we may be able to get their attention using a powerful laser beacon. A 1- or 2-megawatt laser beamed through a 100- to 150-foot-wide (30 to 45 ...

Explore how physicists are using light beams in the search for extraterrestrial life within the Andromeda Galaxy's trillion stars. Physicists at the University of California, Santa Barbara are taking ...

The KIC 8462852 star was first spotted by online astronomers Planet Hunters in 2015, which appeared to be dipping in brightness. Astronomers struggled to explain why the star’s brightness was ...

A mysterious red beam pictured close to the International Space Station (ISS) proves that an alien mothership is trying to destroy it, according to UFO enthusiasts. NASA footage shows the red light in ...

If advanced extraterrestrial civilizations exist, they could be using stars to secretly communicate with each other in a way that would appear like random blinking lights to others listening in, a new ...

A laser cloak could hide Earth from potential alien invaders. Professor David Kipping, an astronomer at Columbia University in New York, has said the relatively simple concept could make the world ...