In 1977, the detection of a brief radio signal prompted SETI astronomer Jerry Ehman to write a single word in the margin of a ...
This week, we explore worlds in the making, from the first-ever evidence of moons forming around a distant exoplanet to ...
The Virtual Planetary Laboratory (VPL), one of NASA’s flagship astrobiology research teams, has officially joined the SETI ...
Half a century after the first successful Mars landing, Viking's greatest legacy may be the questions it taught us to ask.
Throughout June 2026, SETI Institute scientists, affiliates, and collaborators contributed to discussions spanning ...
The Arctic serves as the world’s refrigerator, keeping the planet cool. But temperatures in the Arctic are rising nearly four times faster than the rest of the world and its sea ice is near a historic ...
Two SETI Institute planetary scientists now have asteroids bearing their names, an honor! The International Astronomical ...
When astronomers observe distant exoplanets, they sometimes encounter a frustrating result: instead of revealing the chemical fingerprints of an atmosphere, the data appear almost completely flat.
The MAVEN spacecraft, designed to investigate how Mars went from being a kinder, gentler world to one that’s cold, dry and with only the thinnest of atmospheres, has arrived. It has begun to orbit the ...