The researchers who scan the skies for radio signals from extraterrestrials are now rethinking their approach.

For over six decades, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has been tirelessly scanning the cosmos for signs ...

Institute has found that we may have missed transmissions from intelligent alien life for a very benign reason. SETI’s searches are focused only on very narrow signals, so the organization typically ...

SETI has spent decades listening for a sharp, well-defined radio signal that could indicate it was sent by distant intelligent life. Now researchers believe that space weather could distort and blur s ...

A study by alien searchers at the SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) could explain why humanity has ...

Recent media coverage highlights the wide range of research, education, and scientific perspectives emerging from the SETI ...

Lee said SETI’s paper could answer the Fermi Paradox, the idea that if the universe is billions of years old, where are all ...

Researchers who listen for signs of non-human life say signals ‘can slip below detection thresholds, even if it’s there’ ...

A new study by researchers at the SETI Institute suggests stellar "space weather" could make radio signals from ...

A new study by researchers at the SETI Institute suggests that stellar "space weather" could make radio signals from extraterrestrial intelligence harder to detect. Stellar activity and plasma ...

This month at the SETI Institute brought exciting news about research and innovations that expand our understanding of the universe and bring us closer to answering one of humanity’s most enduring ...

As humans began to explore outer space in the latter half of the 20th century, radio waves proved a powerful tool. Scientists could send out radio waves to communicate with satellites, rockets and ...