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

November 20, 2025, Mountain View, CA -- The SETI Institute is pleased to open the call for applications for the 2026 Mino ...

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 ...

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

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

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

The idea that the universe is made of tiny vibrating strings was once the science theory du jour. String theory promised to unite the disparate theories describing particles and gravity, and many ...

The SETI Institute recently hosted the Joint IRIS and MUSE Science Team Meeting, bringing together more than 50 solar physicists from around the world for an intensive week of collaboration and ...

SETI Institute communications specialist Beth Johnson welcomed Professor Dagomar Degroot, environmental historian at Georgetown University, for a discussion on his new book Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean ...