SETI
Oct 8, 2024 · SETI is an acronym for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. It is an effort to detect evidence of technological civilizations that may exist elsewhere in the universe, particularly in our Galaxy. There are potentially billions of locations outside our Solar System that may host life. With our current technology, we have some ability …
About - SETI Institute
The SETI Institute. is a non-profit research organization, located in the Silicon Valley close to the NASA Ames Research Center. Our mission is to lead humanity's quest to understand the origins and prevalence of life and intelligence in the universe and share that knowledge with the world.
Team Unlocks New Insights on Pulsar Signals - seti.org
November 26, 2024, Mountain View, CA – Dr. Sofia Sheikh from the SETI Institute led a study that sheds new light on how pulsar signals—the spinning remnants of massive stars—distort as they travel through space. This study, published in The Astrophysical Journal, was performed by a multi-year cohort of undergraduate researchers in the Penn State branch of the Pulsar Search Collaboratory ...
SETI Institute
For 40 years, the SETI Institute has been a leader in the search for life and intelligence beyond Earth. Recent discoveries, such as exoplanets, have brought us closer than ever to answering the question of whether we are alone in the universe.
How Many Habitable Planets are Out There? - SETI Institute
October 29, 2020, Mountain View, CA – Thanks to new research using data from the Kepler space telescope, it’s estimated that there could be as many as 300 million potentially habitable planets in our galaxy. Some could even be pretty close, with several likely within 30 light-years of our Sun. The findings will be published in The Astronomical Journal, and research was a collaboration of ...
Planetary Picture of the Day - Week of December 9, 2024
Dec 3, 2024 · Planetary Picture of the Day Week of December 9, 2024. From close to distant, we work our way through the solar system this week, with volcanoes on Earth and Io, a strange rock on Mars, Saturn's moon Tethys, and dwarf planet Pluto.
Planetary Picture of the Day - Week of December 2, 2024
Dec 2, 2024 · Planetary Picture of the Day Week of December 2, 2024. Moons, dunes, and a view of the Earth are highlighted in this week's images. Monday, 2 December 2024
Carl Sagan Center for Research - SETI Institute
Frank Drake Postdoctoral Fellowship. The SETI Institute is pleased to announce the call for applications to the 2025 Frank Drake Postdoctoral Fellowship focusing on “Innovation in the Search for Life in the Universe," covering a wide range of fields including: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrobiology, Climate and Biogeosciences, Exoplanets, Planetary Exploration, and SETI Intelligence and ...
A Primer on SETI at the SETI Institute
The First Modern SETI Experiment. The first technically sophisticated attempt to actually discover radio communications from beyond Earth was Project Ozma, a several month effort by a young radio astronomer, Frank Drake.Although unaware of the Nature paper published a year earlier, Drake had come to conclusions similar to those of Morrison and Cocconi.
SETI Institute in the News: October Roundup
Nov 6, 2024 · SETI Institute In the News The SETI Institute continues to push the boundaries of space exploration and our understanding of the universe. From deciphering alien messages to searching for extraterrestrial intelligence and developing cutting-edge technologies for planetary exploration, the SETI Institute's work is at the forefront of scientific discovery.