fermi paradox
New Study Suggests that Our Galaxy is Crowded or Empty. Both are Equally Terrifying!
Is there intelligent life in the Universe? And if so, just how common is it? Or perhaps the question should…
Plate Tectonics Might Only Occur on 0.003% of Planets. That Makes Earth Very Special Indeed.
Plate tectonics, oceans, and continents might just be the secret ingredients for complex life on Earth. And if these geological…
Did Earth’s Multicellular Life Depend on Plate Tectonics?
How did complex life emerge and evolve on the Earth and what does this mean for finding life beyond Earth?…
Why Don't We See Robotic Civilizations Rapidly Expanding Across the Universe?
In 1950, while sitting down to lunch with colleagues at the Los Alamos Laboratory, famed physicist and nuclear scientist Enrico…
Maybe We Don’t Hear From Aliens Because They Choose To Go Silent
How will humanity meet its end? That's only a depressing question if you think that humanity will go on forever.…
If Aliens Were Sending us Signals, This is What They Might Look Like
An international team of scientists have created a new tool for identifying possible radio transmissions from an extraterrestrial civilization
Why Would an Alien Civilization Send Out Von Neumann Probes? Lots of Reasons, says a new Study
A new study takes a look at Von Neumann probes and asks the really important questions: "why would aliens send…
If Alien Probes are Already in the Solar System, Maybe we Could Detect Them Calling Home
According to a new study, alien probes may permeate the galaxy, and could be detected in the Solar System when…
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” XVII: What is the “SETI-Paradox” Hypothesis?
Another reason we haven't heard from aliens is that the possibility that every everyone is listening, but nobody's messaging!
If Aliens Are Out There, We’ll Meet Them in a Few Hundred Million Years
A new study indicates that aliens are probably out there, occupying half of the Universe, and we'll likely meet them…