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. To honor the Institute’s pioneering past as we look ahead to its future, Big Picture Science presents a new monthly podcast series highlighting the ...
About - The 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.
SETI Research
SETI SETI is a generic acronym that stands for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Scientists doing SETI experiments are looking for proof – not merely of life elsewhere – but of intelligent beings in other star systems.
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 …
A Primer on SETI at the SETI Institute
What is SETI? SETI is a generic acronym that stands for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Scientists doing SETI experiments are looking for proof – not merely of life elsewhere – but of intelligent beings in other star systems. The SETI Institute The SETI Institute was brought to life on November 20, 1984, when San Francisco …
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 ...
Drake Equation - SETI Institute
Nov 19, 2022 · Understanding the Drake Equation This simple formulation is generally agreed to be the “second most-famous equation in science (after E= mc 2),” and you can find it in nearly every astronomy textbook. The Drake Equation was cooked up by astronomer Frank Drake in 1961 to serve as the agenda for the first meeting on the topic of SETI. In 1960, Drake had conducted a pioneering search for ...
News - SETI Institute
Dec 16, 2024 · What has been going on at the SETI Institute in 2024?
Allen Telescope Array Overview
The Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is the first radio telescope to be designed from the ground up to be used for SETI searches.Until its construction, all radio SETI efforts were dependent on the intermittent use of antennas built for conventional astronomical observations.
Carl Sagan Center for Research - SETI Institute
Carl Sagan Center for Research Is there life nearby or among the stars? Whether looking for signs of life on the surface of Mars, under the ice of Jupiter’s moon Europa, or sweeping the sky for alien transmissions, SETI Institute scientists investigate the prospects for biology in our solar system and beyond.