This week we take a look at layers -- layers in nebulae, layers in the Martian atmosphere, and layers in our own atmosphere.

What happens when a planet contains immense quantities of water but is far too hot for that water to remain liquid?

In a special bonus SETI Live, communication specialist Beth Johnson welcomes astronomer and entrepreneur Franck Marchis to introduce SkyMapper, a new global network of smart telescopes and all-sky ...

November 20, 2025, Mountain View, CA -- The SETI Institute is pleased to open the call for applications for the 2026 Mino ...

Targeting star systems identified by Kepler Space Telescope (especially those in habitable-zone candidate planets). Surveying a region near the Milky Way’s Galactic Center (where stellar density is ...

In 1960, radio astronomer Frank D. Drake, then at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) in Green Bank, West Virginia, carried out humanity's first modern attempt to detect interstellar radio ...

Dr. Jill Tarter is Chair Emeritus for SETI Research at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California and serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for that institution. Tarter received her ...

The SETI Institute’s Astronomy Activation Ambassadors (AAA) program is one of more than 30 education projects funded by NASA’s Science Mission Directorate for Science Activation (SciAct). SciAct ...

Seth claims to have developed an interest in extraterrestrial life at the tender age of ten, when he first picked up a book about the Solar System. This innocent beginning eventually led to a degree ...

Dr. Sofia Sheikh is a Technosignature Research Scientist at the SETI Institute. She primarily works on technosignatures (SETI), fast radio bursts (FRBs), pulsars, and other observational radio ...

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The Cosmic Chronicles Literary Prize is a new initiative from the SETI Institute’s Artist in Residence (AIR) program. Cosmic Chronicles is a contest for emerging writers of all ages whose work ...