In 1950, during a lunchtime conversation with colleagues at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, famed physicist Enrico Fermi asked the…
In 1960, Dr. Frank Drake led the first Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) experiment at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory…
A new paper recommends that future SETI experiments rely on simultaneous observations to eliminate background interference.
New research shows how intelligent life might expand in an ever-expanding Universe, which has serious implications for SETI and the…
A new study recommends looking for Dyson Spheres that are smaller, orbit closer to their suns, and might still be…
Most science fiction portrays the first contact between humanity and alien civilizations as a disaster. That's probably because our history…
Imagine we detect an interstellar object entering our Solar System. At first, astronomers think it's just another natural interloper like…
This year's Penn State SETI Symposium provided a good rundown of the field and the kinds of studies scientists will…
This year's Penn State SETI Summit kicked off with a a lecture on how history will remember SETI pioneer Frank…
A new study cross-references supernova from the Gaia observatory's third data release with possible alien transmissions.