New research reveals an unexpected concentration of mysterious cosmic radio signals toward galaxy clusters. Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are among the universe's most mysterious phenomena. These powerful ...

AlUla is now LaserSETI’s first observing site in Asia, helping to expand a growing global network that watches the night sky.

What does it mean to perceive the world, and how does perception shape our experience of consciousness? These questions are at the heart of the work of Johannes Heldén, whom we are delighted to ...

Johannes Heldén is a writer, visual artist and musician. His interdisciplinary works deals with ecology, poetry, sentience and narrative structures. Projects include hybrid book Astroecology which was ...

The first light of morning illuminates the rugged slopes of Mount Sharp in this panorama captured by NASA's Curiosity rover on August 11, 2026. Taken at approximately 8:30 a.m. local Mars time, the ...

Red dots are the Orionids, blue dots are the Taurids meteor showers. Electronic Telegram No. 5758 Central Bureau for ...

This week, we see Earth’s auroras, a spacecraft’s view of our planet, and a pioneering photograph of the Orion Nebula.

For decades, astronomers have been looking for moons beyond our Solar System. Several exomoon candidates have been proposed, but none has become an unambiguous, confirmed example. This object differs ...

Full sun views from different NASA solar cameras of a failed solar eruption from data collected in March 2024. Credit: Tingyu Gou A solar eruption begins to rise from the Sun. Then, instead of ...

September 8, 2026, Mountain View, CA— The next breakthrough in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence may come not from a radio telescope, but from a microscope. A new study led by SETI ...

During the second quarter of 2026, the SETI Institute was especially active and made strong progress in research, education, outreach, and public engagement. Our scientists published over 80 ...