Looking ahead: Existing radio surveys may contain signals that were never recognized as potential technosignatures. New ...

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.

The Wow! Literary Award comes with a $1,000 award and publication on the SETI Institute’s website. Deadline is September 10, ...

Throughout June 2026, SETI Institute scientists, affiliates, and collaborators contributed to discussions spanning ...

This week, we explore worlds in the making, from the first-ever evidence of moons forming around a distant exoplanet to ...

Dr. Drake was the former Director of the Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, and previously served as Chairman of SETI Institute's Board of Directors. He was Professor, Astronomy ...

Wow! Literary Award invites writers and poets working in literature, speculative fiction/sci-fi, experimental poetry, and philosophy to submit original, unpublished creative work that reflects and ...

Andrew Siemion is an astrophysicist specializing in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and holds the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI at the SETI Institute. Siemion received BA, MA and PhD ...

Fifty years ago, on July 20, 1976, Viking 1 became the first spacecraft to successfully land and operate on Mars, transforming our understanding of the Red Planet and launching a new era of planetary ...