January 15, 2026, Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute announced that nominations are now open for the 2026 Tarter Award ...

Tiny delays in pulsar signals measured by SETI scientists could aid the search for gravitational waves and extraterrestrial ...

Throughout December, the SETI Institute appeared across leading science and media outlets, reflecting the SETI Institute’s ...

Last July, Earth's radio telescopes targeted an interstellar comet traversing our solar system—the third confirmed ...

A distant pulsar’s radio signal flickers as it passes through space, much like stars twinkle in Earth’s atmosphere. By ...

A pulsar’s gentle twinkle is revealing how space quietly bends and delays the signals we receive from the cosmos.

April 1, 2025, Mountain View, CA -- The SETI Institute announced today two recipients for the 2025 Drake Award: Dr. David Deamer (University of California, Santa Cruz) and Dr. John Baross (University ...

January 7, 2025, Mountain View, CA -- The SETI Institute announces the 2024 SETI Forward Award recipients: Gabriella Rizzo and Pritvik Sinhadc. This year's recipients worked on research projects to ...

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, ...

WHY IT RATES: Swan Hellenic is offering a first-of-its-kind expedition series in a partnership with the SETI Institute, offering guests an in-depth learning experience about astronomy, astrophysics, ...

"It is a wonderful and appropriate honor that Dr. Jill Tarter should be this year's recipient of the prestigious Green Sands ...