This year marks the inaugural launch of the Cosmic Chronicles Literary Award, and it has been thrilling to witness the global enthusiasm for this new initiative. Submissions have come in from around ...

Under the tropical skies of Puerto Rico, a new observatory joined the LaserSETI Network, expanding the SETI Institute’s ability to search for technosignatures. Bringing cutting-edge instruments to an ...

Some asteroids are more dangerous than others, according to a report issued this week in Nature Astronomy by an international team of researchers, led by astrophysicist Auriane Egal of the Montreal ...

As their name suggests, “forever chemicals” have extraordinary staying power. When these nearly indestructible compounds find their way into our soil and water, they don’t break down for hundreds or ...

Artistic illustration of the internal structure of a lava planet in a cold state, showing a day‑side magma ocean overlain by a mineral atmosphere. The arrows indicate the direction of heat transport ...

Overview: In its 19th year, the SETI Institute’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) welcomed 12 students for summer 2025 to work alongside scientists on projects ranging from exoplanet ...

Seen from space, many intriguing features are found on the worlds of our solar system, from ancient craters on Earth to dunes on Mars, Saturn's hexagon, and Io's volcanoes. Now, we can add ...

P. Jenniskens, SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center; and M. Breukers and C. Johannink, Cameras for Allsky Meteor Surveillance (CAMS), BeNeLux, report that the chi Cygnids meteor shower (IAU ...

Artist’s impression of the long-period transient J1634+44, revealed to be a white dwarf with a companion. Credits: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/P. Vosteen. LOFAR is a low-frequency radio astronomy array that ...

Astronomers studying the distant reaches of our Solar System have identified an unusual trans-Neptunian object (TNO) locked in a rare orbital configuration with Neptune. The object, discovered through ...

Jacob Kegerreis/Thomas Sandnes/Durham University. A new paper led by Dr. Thomas Sandnes, Durham University, and co-authored by an international team of scientists, including SETI Institute Affiliate, ...

This coming autumn brings a thrilling lineup of comets visible from both hemispheres, framed as a “parade of comets” for skywatchers to enjoy—made all the more compelling through coordinated ...