The SETI Institute is pleased to open the call for applications for the 2025 William J. Welch Postdoctoral Fellowship (WJWPF) ...

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 ...

In the summer of 1950, several scientists were discussing extraterrestrial intelligence over lunch. Responding to the claim that intelligent life must be commonplace throughout the universe, the Nobel ...

The Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is the first radio telescope to be designed from the ground up to be used for SETI searches.Until its construction, all radio SETI efforts were dependent on the ...

Project Phoenix was the world's most sensitive and comprehensive search for extraterrestrial intelligence that had been conducted up until approximately 2015. It was an effort to detect ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...