The new members bring expanded expertise in ethics, space communication, animal intelligence, extraterrestrial materials and ...

Carl Sagan had a gift for translating complex scientific ideas into stories that sparked wonder and inspired generations, ...

Above: Takaya Okada (Japan) observes Comet C/2023 A3 with his EVSCOPE2. In the background you can see the comet tracing its ...

The SETI Institute, a scientific research center dedicated to the search for life in the universe, is pleased to offer two ...

SETI Institute In the News The SETI Institute continues to push the boundaries of space exploration and our understanding of ...

The SETI Institute was incorporated as a 501(c)3 California Non-Profit Corporation on November 20, 1984. The inaugural officers of the Institute were CEO Thomas Pierson and SETI scientist Jill Tarter.

Shooting stars are nature’s atmospheric fireworks display. Whether this phenomenon can bring luck or love is open to debate, but the true origin is linked to the story of our Solar System. Meteors are ...

Wael completed his bachelors degree at the Lebanese University and Masters at the Notre Dame University before moving to Melbourne - Australia to undertake a PhD in astrophysics where he studied the ...

The question “are we alone in the universe?” has fascinated people for centuries. In 1959 two Cornell University physicists described how we might answer that question through interstellar ...

Recipient of one of the 2004 Grants in Honor of Professor Henri Chretien (AAS, September 2004) In April 2007, the asteroid numbered 1989SO8 was named “(6639) Marchis” in honor of his work in the field ...

SETI is a generic acronym that stands for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Scientists doing SETI experiments are looking for proof – not merely of life elsewhere – but of intelligent ...

In this second episode, Shannon Geary talks with astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol, the director of the Carl Sagan Center for ...