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A screenshot of the SETI@home user interface on a desktop computer in 2009. The software ran on millions of home computers worldwide, analyzing radio data from space in search of signals from extraterrestrial civilizations. Robert Sanders/UC Berkeley

Astronomy & Telescopes, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Citizen Science / Open Science, Intelligence & Language, People Of Astrobiology, Press Release, SETI & Technosignatures

SETI@Home Enthusiasts Used Home Computers To Search For ET. Scientists Focus On 100 signals They Found

by Keith CowingJanuary 13, 2026January 13, 2026

For 21 years, between 1999 and 2020, millions of people worldwide loaned UC Berkeley scientists their computers to search for signs of advanced civilizations in our galaxy.

Astronomy & Telescopes, Citizen Science / Open Science, Intelligence & Language, Interstellar, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report

SETI@home: Data Analysis and Findings

by Keith CowingJune 18, 2025June 18, 2025

SETI@home is a radio Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) project that looks for technosignatures in data recorded at the Arecibo Observatory.

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SETI@Home Enthusiasts Used Home Computers To Search For ET. Scientists Focus On 100 signals They Found

SETI@home: Data Analysis and Findings

NASA Establishes Mars Forward Operational Risk and Contamination Evaluation (M-FORCE) Tiger Team to Shape Mars Planetary Protection Protocols

Opportunity to Contribute to NASA DARES Community White Paper on Phototrophic Biosignatures

The Search For Life Elsewhere: Avoiding Hype and Fostering Public Understanding

Panchromatic Spectra of Nearby Low-mass and Sun-like Stars with Directly Imageable Habitable Zones

Alfred: A Flexible, User-Friendly Python Package for Exoplanet Confirmation