Solar winds and coronal mass ejections may scatter narrow signals, making them harder for Earth-based telescopes to detect. The SETI Institute uses radio telescopes to search for signs of intelligent ...

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

One of the longest-standing techniques in humanity’s search for life beyond Earth may be causing scientists to miss alien signals entirely, a new study finds. Since the very beginnings of the search ...

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

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

In an exclusive interview with Starlust, astronomer Vishal Gajjar of the SETI Institute discusses how stars may be ...

In a recent SETI Live conversation, astronomer and Drake Award winner Dr. Jason Wright addressed that question through the ...

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

After two decades of quiet data processing on millions of crowd-sourced home computers, the SETI@home project has narrowed down billions of space whispers to 100 signals. Could one of these point to ...

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 ...