New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder to detect.

E.T. could be phoning home — but we’re not hearing the call. A new study published in The Astrophysical Journal argues that “space weather” could be distorting incoming transmissions from ...

The researchers who scan the skies for radio signals from extraterrestrials are now rethinking their approach.

Stellar plasma can smear alien radio signals before they escape their star system, making them harder for astronomers to detect.

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Solar storms around distant stars may be erasing alien radio signals before we ever hear them In A Nutshell Stellar winds and ...