While imperceptible to humans, these tiny delays are significant for experiments that rely on pulsars as ultra-precise cosmic ...

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

From cutting-edge helicopters on Mars to artificial intelligence scanning the stars, the SETI Institute continues to lead bold, innovative efforts in the search for life beyond Earth. Recent media ...

The original production starred Lily Tomlin, Wagner’s long-time life partner and now wife. Tomlin swept the acting awards that season winning her second Tony, the Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle ...

Humans have been fascinated by the thought of aliens for centuries now, and it’s hard not to wonder—are we alone? The universe is vast, and we haven’t even uncovered 1% of it. Maybe alien ...

The search for intelligent life is looking in the wrong direction. There are billions of stars in our galaxy, some of them older than our sun and with Earth-like planets orbiting around them.

How can star populations help astronomers re-evaluate the search for intelligent extraterrestrial life, also called technosignatures? This is what a study released on the preprint server arXiv, hopes ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In the late 1800s Italian astronomer Giovanni Schiaparelli pointed a telescope at Mars ...