For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable ...

The SETI Institute will recognize Dr. Joseph Twicken, Senior Data Scientist at the SETI Institute, with its 2025 Carl Sagan ...

When we imagine the search for life on Mars, we often picture high-tech rovers scanning dusty landscapes or orbiters ...

The SETI Institute and the Maldives Space Research Organisation (MSRO) will collaborate on astronomy research, space science ...

Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute announced it will expand its pilot program funded through a grant from the Amateur ...

Madhusudhan et al. just reported ~3 sigma detection of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) in the atmosphere ...

April 16, 2025, Mountain View, CA -- Why do comets and their meteoroid streams weave in and out of Earth's orbit and their orbits disperse over time? In a paper published online in the journal Icarus ...

A new hypothesis from SETI Institute scientist Dr. Janice Bishop and Dr. Melissa Lane from Fibernetics in Pennsylvania could explain how early Mars may have had water on its surface, similar to Earth, ...