In a nutshell New research challenges the long-held belief that human evolution required improbable “lucky breaks,” ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

For decades, scientists believed that intelligent life was a rare cosmic accident. A new study challenges that idea, arguing ...

For the average brave soul, skydiving is a one-and-done endeavor. For others, a seed is planted the moment they make their first tandem jump. Occasionally, indi ...

Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could ...

Dark oxygen, a newly identified form of oxygen, raises questions about life in extreme environments and its implications for ...

The SETI Institute awarded the first Frank Drake Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr. Anastasia Yanchilina. Yanchilina will focus ...

SETI Institute In the News The SETI Institute continues to push the boundaries of space exploration and the search for ...

Deep subsurface microbes are highly diverse, challenging assumptions about life in low-energy environments. This discovery ...

Astrobiology is a multidisciplinary scientific field that seeks to understand the potential for life beyond Earth. It ...