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AWARDS FOR EXOPLANET RESEARCH
Three SETI Institute scientists have received NASA’s most prestigious honors for their work in the burgeoning field of exoplanet research.
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Big Picture Science Radio Show - Skeptic Check: After the Hereafter
There are few enduring truths, but one is that no one gets out of life alive. What’s less certain is what comes next. Does everything stop with death or are we transported to another plane of existence? First-hand accounts of people who claim to have visited heaven are offered as proof of an afterlife. Now the author of one best-seller admits that his story was fabricated.
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Passed Pluto, what's next for New Horizons?
NASA has selected the potential next destination for the New Horizons mission to visit after its flyby of the Pluto system.
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Seeking Signs of Life in an Ancient Martian Hot Spring
A fundamental motivation for our exploration of Mars is the search for the presence of extinct or extant life. But where should we look?
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Can we avoid the same fate as the dinosaurs?
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Danger, Will Robinson
The night sky, at least when you can see it, appears placid, serene and as inviting as a cold brew on a muggy afternoon.
Don’t be fooled. The real universe is a nasty mélange of stuff that’s mostly scorching hot or bitterly cold. The blackness of space is shot through with lethal particles and radiation. Without doubt, the “final frontier,” often depicted as a beguiling playground for our Spandex-attired descendants, is deceptively treacherous.
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SETI Institute logo animation
Check out the animated version of our new logo
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Could Saturn's rings be very young?
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Are microscopic Martians buried here?
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NEW LOOK FOR ORGANIZATION SEARCHING FOR LIFE IN SPACE
The SETI Institute, a renowned nonprofit research organization, has unveiled a new logo and brand mark to better reflect its mission to search for, and understand, life beyond Earth.
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