SETI@home is a radio Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project that looks for technosignatures in data recorded at the Arecibo Observatory.
SETI & Technosignatures
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report
Breakthrough Listen: A Technosignature Search Around 27 Eclipsing Exoplanets Selected from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Catalogue
Here we analyse the archival data for a set of 27 Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Targets of Interest (TOIs) in search for artificially generated radio signals, or ‘technosignatures’, interrupted […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), People Of Astrobiology, Press Release, SETI & Technosignatures
Drake Awards Celebrate the Search for Life Beyond Earth
On May 20, the SETI Institute held its annual Drake Awards event in Mountain View, CA, honoring contributions to SETI or astrobiology through scientific research and space exploration. This year’s […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Career Opportunities, People Of Astrobiology, Press Release, SETI & Technosignatures
SETI Institute Names First William J. Welch Postdoctoral Fellow
The SETI Institute is pleased to announce Dr. Karen I. Perez as the inaugural recipient of the William J. Welch Postdoctoral Fellowship at the SETI Institute. Beginning in the Fall […]
Posted inGaia - Planetary Perspectives, Intelligence & Language, Press Release, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, SETI & Technosignatures, Societal Issues, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
WhaleSETI: Curious Humpback Whales Approach Humans And Blow Nubble “Smoke” Rings
A team of scientists from the SETI Institute and the University of California at Davis documented, for the first time, humpback whales producing large bubble rings, like a human smoker […]
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Intelligence & Language, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report
An Exploratory Framework for Future SETI Applications: Detecting Generative Reactivity via Language Models
We present an exploratory framework to test whether noise-like input can induce structured responses in language models.
Posted inAlpha Centauri, Astronomy & Telescopes, Barnard's Star, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Intelligence & Language, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report
Simulation Of The Earth’s Radio Leakage From Mobile Towers As Seen From Selected Nearby Stellar Systems
Mobile communication towers represent a relatively new but growing contributor to the total radio leakage associated with planet Earth.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release, SETI & Technosignatures, Societal Issues
The Challenging History Of Other Earths
This paper provides an overview of recent historical research regarding scientifically-informed challenges to the idea that the stars are other suns orbited by other inhabited earths — an idea that […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Imaging & Spectroscopy, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report
Modern Earth-like Chemical Disequilibrium Biosignatures Are Challenging To Constrain Through Spectroscopic Retrievals
Robust exoplanet characterization studies are underway, and the community is looking ahead toward developing observational strategies to search for life beyond our solar system.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Imaging & Spectroscopy, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report
Unexplained Starlight Pulses Found In Optical SETI Searches
Years spent searching more than 1300 sun-like stars for optical SETI signals have finally yielded unexpected results.