In March 2026, SETI Institute researchers contributed to a wide range of conversations about our solar system and the search ...

The history of astronomical discovery shows that many of the most detectable phenomena, especially detection firsts, are not ...

These findings suggest that the absence of past detections does not mean discovery is imminent. If extraterrestrial ...

The most consequential signal humanity ever detects from another civilization may not arrive as a calm introduction. It may appear as a brief, violent spike in the data a burst so unusual that it ...

Humans have wondered for centuries whether we are alone in the universe — and a new study suggests that if alien ...

If advanced aliens lived on a planet within a few hundred to a thousand light years away from Earth, then vast numbers of their signals must already have crossed Earth without being noticed, a new ...

Image: Conceptual illustration of a possible signal from an alien civilization reaching Earth.Detecting such signals — or their physical traces — requires advanced instruments, AI-driven analysis, and ...

A recent SETI Institute study suggests that space weather could blur and weaken extraterrestrial radio signals long before ...

Aliens may have been trying to contact humans for years, suggests new research. But stellar “space weather” could mean radio signals from friendly extraterrestrial intelligence get lost in space, say ...

If it were a phone call, we might call it a butt dial: A strong radio signal that set off questions about whether it emanated from an advanced alien race earlier this week is now believed to have come ...