The search for alien intelligence is entering a new phase as scientists expand beyond traditional radio signal searches and explore new ways to detect advanced civilizations. This documentary examines ...

During excavations near Stăuceni in the Botoșani district in northeast Romania, archaeologists from FAU discovered a megastructure built by the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture. Covering approximately 350 ...

Magnetic monopoles are one of physics’ strangest missing pieces: particles that should exist, explain real features of the universe, and still have never been found. But this episode explores the much ...

Our largest constructions on Earth—from giant solar farms to endless agricultural fields to cities glowing at night—could, without our intending it, be signals to extraterrestrial intelligences. Seen ...

Alien megastructures built to harvest stellar energy or alter the orbits of stars may be physically feasible, according to a new analysis – satisfying both our sci-fi fancies and our innate yearning ...

What appears from space as a vast, geometric imprint etched into the landscape of northeastern Brazil long puzzled scientists. Spanning an area comparable to an entire European country, these ancient ...

A scientist at the University of Glasgow has delved into the possible existence of massive hypothetical energy-harvesting structures called Dyson spheres. In a new study, they showed that both stellar ...

Astroneer has been doing the rounds since 2016 and is doing very well for itself, still holding a Very Positive rating on Steam and still being supported and releasing new DLC. In that time, it has ...

This week in news from The Debrief… the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has embarked on a bold new initiative to explore altermagnetism—a newly discovered and puzzling state of ...

Scientists have discovered evidence of stone megastructures on the Karst Plateau on the border of Slovenia and Italy that were most likely built before the Late Bronze Age. These enormous structures ...

To tame rivers for flood control and electricity generation, engineers face formidable technical challenges. Here are four different dam types and the engineering principles that guide their ...