Advancing the search for technosignatures

The IAU’s first fully online symposium brought researchers together from around the globe to discuss technosignatures. Upcoming all-sky surveys, exoplanet missions and tools to search data archives offer new directions for the field. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution Access options Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription $32.99 / 30 days cancel any time Subscribe to this journal Receive 12 digital issues and online access to articles $119.00 per year only $9.92 per issue Buy this article - Purchase on SpringerLink - Instant access to the full article PDF. USD 39.95 Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout References Schwieterman, E. W. et al. Astrobiology 18, 663–708 (2018). Wright, J. T. et al. Astrophys. J. Lett. 927, L30 (2022). Haqq-Misra, J., Kopparapu, R. K. & Profitiliotis, G. Astrophys. J. Lett. 995, L22 (2025). Profitiliotis, G. & Theologou, K. Futures 147, 103117 (2023). Genevieve, K. et al. Plurality in post detection scenarios. In Proc. 53rd Symposium on the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) (International Astronautical Federation, 2024). Nováková, J. N. Nat. Astron. 8, 799–800 (2024). Papagiannis, M. D. (ed.) The Search for Extraterrestrial Life: Recent Developments. Proceedings of the 112th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union Held at Boston University, Boston, Mass., USA, June 18–21, 1984 (D. Reidel, 1985). Forgan, D. H. Solving Fermi’s Paradox (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2019). Haqq-Misra, J. et al. Acta Astronaut. 198, 194–207 (2022). Author information Authors and Affiliations Corresponding author Ethics declarations Competing interests The author declares no competing interests. Rights and permissions About this article Cite this article Haqq-Misra, J. Advancing the search for technosignatures. Nat Astron (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-026-02906-6 Published: Version of record: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-026-02906-6