The bizarre behaviour of a star 1,300 light years from Earth may have finally been explained. NASA says the big dips in brightness of the star—KIC 8462852—could be down to a massive, uneven cloud of ...

After word spread last month that a team of scientists happened upon what could be an alien megastructure near a distant star, researchers at the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) ...

Let's just call it the alien megastructure that wasn't. More than 100 researchers have released a study showing that the mysterious star KIC 8462852, better known as Tabby's Star, is almost certainly ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Three hundred and ninety parsecs away from Earth, a star dimmed in ...

There are three ways to look for evidence of alien technological civilizations. One is to look out for deliberate attempts by them to communicate their existence, for example, through radio broadcasts ...

The mystery of why a distant star keeps dimming continues to baffle scientists, after a new report ruled out several "natural" explanations. The astronomical world lit up last year, after planet ...

Researchers have noted that planet-sized (or larger) artificial structures could be discovered with Kepler as they transit their host star. Jason Wright and other astronomers present a general ...

Lurking some nine billion light years away from Earth is what appears to be a so-called cosmic megastructure in the shape of an enormous ring. It’s so large that its existence should be impossible, ...