What happens when a planet contains immense quantities of water but is far too hot for that water to remain liquid?

This month, we are continuing our profile series featuring our exceptional SETI AIR program Advisors.

What: Scientists discovered a bacterium (Hydrogenobacter) in Yellowstone that breathes both oxygen (aerobic) and elemental ...

November 20, 2025, Mountain View, CA -- The SETI Institute is pleased to open the call for applications for the 2026 Mino Postdoctoral Fellowship. This research program offers an exceptional ...

This artist’s concept shows the volatile red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 and its four most closely orbiting planets, all of which ...

This week, we present three dazzling astrophysical images from three different observatories, along with two pictures of Mars ...

The SETI Institute announced the appointment of Dr. Christina (Chrissy) Richey as its new Director of Partnerships and ...

Targeting star systems identified by Kepler Space Telescope (especially those in habitable-zone candidate planets). Surveying a region near the Milky Way’s Galactic Center (where stellar density is ...

From early fall 2023 to winter 2024, Unistellar and AFA observers collected nearly 6 months of photometric measurements of ...

Scientists are getting closer in their search for life beyond earth. But with limited federal funding for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, supporters are the reason cutting-edge ...

In 1960, radio astronomer Frank D. Drake, then at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, West Virginia, carried out humanity's first modern attempt to detect interstellar radio ...