The SETI Institute frequently appears in news stories due to its essential contributions to space science and exploration. From groundbreaking discoveries to inspiring initiatives, the world of space ...

In a quiet part of Northern California, where pine trees brush the sky and the hum of giant satellite dishes fills the air, something big is happening in science education. A new wave of college ...

How can star populations help astronomers re-evaluate the search for intelligent extraterrestrial life, also called ...

A new SETI methodology focuses on detecting the "spillover" from directed interstellar communications, mirroring how we communicate with our own spacecraft, rather than relying on broad, speculative ...

You too could be Jodie Foster as astronomers organize a practice run in communicating with aliens. By Dennis Overbye He was convinced that human beings would eventually connect with extraterrestrials, ...

The "Breakthrough Listen" initiative listened in on 1,300 star systems and found no sign of E.T. But the search is set to expand. The search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, is a numbers ...

"The universe is a pretty big place. So if it's just us... seems like an awful waste of space," goes a line from the 1997 film "Contact." In the movie, Jodie Foster plays Dr. Ellie Arroway, a radio ...

SETI’s ‘Noah’s Ark’ – a space historian explores how the advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for extraterrestrial life ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gabriela Radulescu, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) As humans began to ...