SETI
Is Our Universe Ruled by Artificial Intelligence?
Science fiction is filled with unusual alien species. But apart from the occasional robot, biological life is running the show.…
Making the Best First Impression, with Aliens
Did you know the SETI Institute has a Director of Interstellar Message Composition? I did not know that. I guess…
The Ultimate Fund-Raising Scheme: Transmit Adverts To Aliens
OK, so there have been some strange things going on between us Earthlings and aliens lately. The deep-space Pioneer and…
Aliens Might Be Moving Stars to Communicate With Us
You've got to love the audacity of this idea. In a recent article at Discover Magazine, virtual reality pioneer Jaron…
Are we sending a bit too much information into the cosmos?
On Monday (February 4, 7 pm EST) NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) sent a transmission toward the North Star, Polaris.…
SETI@home Needs You!
If your New Year's resolutions include trying something new, expanding your horizons, or doing something to benefit humanity, this is…
The Best Alien Hunter is Open for Business
The biggest and best tool ever developed to search for signs of extraterrestrial life is coming online in Northern California.…
Podcast: Counting Aliens with the Drake Equation
If you're wondering how many extraterrestrials there are in our galaxy, you just have to use a simple equation developed…
Listening for ET
Are we alone in the Universe? We won't know until we really start looking for life around other stars... or…
Paul Allen Funds Next Stage of SETI Project
Billionaire Paul Allen has committed $13.5 million to support the construction of the first and second phases of the Allen…