SETI AIR alumnus Mike von der Nahmer has been selected as a resident artist in the Xu Bing Space Art Residency Program, part ...

Recognized for pioneering leadership in the scientific search for life beyond Earth ...

Could Uranus’s moon Ariel have once harbored a vast, deep ocean beneath its icy crust—perhaps even one that still lingers today? This discovery expands the growing family of “ocean worlds”—planets and ...

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is brightening fast! Discovered in January by the Mount Lemmon Survey, it swings closest to Earth on ...

Artist’s interpretation of two massive black holes (MBHs) within a galaxy. A tidal disruption event unfolds around the MBH ...

Dwarf planet Ceres is depicted in these enhanced-color renderings, which utilize images from NASA’s Dawn mission. New thermal and chemical models that rely on the mission’s data indicate Ceres may ...

With advanced observatories like the Vera Rubin Telescope coming online, scientists are planning for the discovery of alien intelligence and how humanity should prepare for the news. Professor Dominik ...

This year marks the inaugural launch of the Cosmic Chronicles Literary Award, and it has been thrilling to witness the global enthusiasm for this new initiative. Submissions have come in from around ...

Some asteroids are more dangerous than others, according to a report issued this week in Nature Astronomy by an international team of researchers, led by astrophysicist Auriane Egal of the Montreal ...

Under the tropical skies of Puerto Rico, a new observatory joined the LaserSETI Network, expanding the SETI Institute’s ability to search for technosignatures. Bringing cutting-edge instruments to an ...

Mars Discovery Raises Compelling Questions: Life or Chemistry? Results from NASA’s Perseverance rover reveal organic molecules, unusual minerals, and intriguing rock textures inside Jezero Crater’s ...

September 10, 2025, Mountain View, CA -- NASA’s Perseverance Rover spent three years exploring the floor of Jezero Crater, located just north of the Martian equator. This close-up look at what had ...