“Passage to Mars” is a documentary about a bunch of guys who try to drive across a large frozen stretch of the Northwest Passage. They attempt this feat as an […]
SETI Institute
Posted inIntelligence & Language, Press Release, SETI & Technosignatures, Societal Issues
Workshop Ponders Challenges of Communicating Across the Cosmos
When astronomers conducting the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) find other cultures in the universe, could we understand their messages?
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Mars, NASA Astrobiology Program, Press Release
The Search for the Fingerprints of Life on Mars Begins
NASA’s Astrobiology Institute (NAI) announced that the SETI Institute has been selected as a new member of the NAI for a 5-year research program, “Changing Planetary Environments and the Fingerprints […]
Posted inBiosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets
How Can We Find Tiny Particles In Exoplanet Atmospheres?
It may seem like magic, but astronomers have worked out a scheme that will allow them to detect and measure particles ten times smaller than the width of a human […]
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets
Planet Bonanza Hints of Worlds Similar to Our Own
For planet hunters, this has been a bountiful year. A team lead of astronomers at the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center have used data from NASA’s Kepler space […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), SETI & Technosignatures
Seth Shostak: Using Radio in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
The question of whether we share the universe with other intelligent beings is of long standing. Written speculation on this subject stretches back to the classical Greeks, and it hardly […]
Posted inSETI & Technosignatures
Tom Pierson
SETI Institute Founding CEO Tom Pierson has left our planet. Learn more about his life here. Ad Astra, Tom. “Under Pierson’s guidance, the Institute grew from a tiny, narrowly focused […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs
Zoe Robot Searches for Subsurface 'Martian' Life in Chilean Desert
The autonomous, solar-powered Zoe, which became the first robot to map microbial life during a 2005 field expedition in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is heading back to the world’s driest desert […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Education and Outreach
2013 Astrobiology Summer Science Experience for Teachers
The 2013 Astrobiology Summer Science Experience for Teachers, or ASSET, is being held July 29 – Aug. 2, 2013, at San Francisco State University. ASSET will feature presentations by leading […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Status Report
Away Team Report: Haughton Mars Project – Sea-Ice Traverse Mission Completed
An international team of researchers led by Mars Institute scientist Dr. Pascal Lee successfully reached Devon Island, High Arctic, on Sunday, 16 May, 2010 after a 13-day, 150 km vehicular […]