Polar dunes on Mars, swirling clouds on Jupiter, and stunning sights in the night sky on Earth are featured this week. Plus, ...

Targeting star systems identified by Kepler Space Telescope (especially those in habitable-zone candidate planets). Surveying a region near the Milky Way’s Galactic Center (where stellar density is ...

Seth claims to have developed an interest in extraterrestrial life at the tender age of ten, when he first picked up a book about the Solar System. This innocent beginning eventually led to a degree ...

As always, make sure to catch up on our SETI AIR’s news and events. The SETI AIR program is delighted to welcome Adrien Segal ...

When you become a monthly donor, you join our mission to understand the nature and prevalence of life beyond Earth. SETI Stars provide consistent support for cutting-edge researchers, innovative STEM ...

The Cosmic Chronicles Literary Prize is a new initiative from the SETI Institute’s Artist in Residence (AIR) program. Cosmic Chronicles is a contest for emerging writers of all ages whose work ...

Dr. Drake was the former Director of the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, and previously served as Chairman of SETI Institute's Board of Directors. He was Professor, Astronomy ...

In 1960, radio astronomer Frank D. Drake, then at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, West Virginia, carried out humanity's first modern attempt to detect interstellar radio ...

Dr. Sofia Sheikh is a Technosignature Research Scientist at the SETI Institute. She primarily works on technosignatures (SETI), fast radio bursts (FRBs), pulsars, and other observational radio ...

Frank Drake had a problem. It was the fall of 1961, a year after his pioneering SETI experiment: Project Ozma. Using an 85-foot antenna in Green Bank, West Virginia, Drake had unfurled the intriguing ...

Dr. Jill Tarter is Chair Emeritus for SETI Research at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California and serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for that institution. Tarter received her ...

Nathalie joined the SETI Institute (SI) in 1998 as a Senior Astrobiologist. She was named Director of the Carl Sagan Center at the SI in August 2015. In addition to leading the scientific vision at ...