Some of the most tantalizing hints in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence have not been messy or chaotic, but eerily ...

SETI's 1977 "Wow!" signal from deep space was even stronger than originally thought, but its source remains a complete mystery.

A star system 94 light-years away is in the spotlight as a possible candidate for intelligent inhabitants, thanks to the discovery of a radio signal by a group of Russian astronomers. HD 164595, a ...

SETI scientists have detected signals that don’t behave like anything found in nature — narrowband, repeating, and drifting as if something is moving fast. Could these be side effects of alien ...

October 28, 2025, Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute announced that it will incorporate the new NVIDIA IGX Thor platform to enhance its real-time search for signals from space at the Allen ...

Estimating the chance of getting a message from life beyond Earth, say within the next decade, isn’t easy. Even the best experts are reluctant to offer precise odds. “Anybody who gave you a figure ...

December 10, 2025, Mountain View, CA -- For 10 months, a SETI Institute–led team watched pulsar PSR J0332+5434 (also called B0329+54) to study how its radio signal "twinkles" as it passes through gas ...

On Dec. 18, just 24 hours before its closest approach, the Green Bank Telescope scanned frequencies from 1 to 12 GHz. Their ...

April 22, 2025, Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute announced it will expand its pilot program funded through a grant from the Amateur Radio and Digital Communication (ARDC) Foundation now called ...