Explore the Drake Equation, a formula created to quantify the odds of detecting extraterrestrial life, and the arguments for ...

The universe should either be crowded with life or harbor hardly any life at all, according to a new study that revamps the Drake equation using probabilistic logic. A common axiom in the search for ...

The Drake Equation helps scientists estimate the odds of finding intelligent alien civilizations. It’s an age-old question: Do aliens exist? And what are the odds we’ll make contact? A famous ...

Research by University of Texas at Dallas geoscientist Dr. Robert Stern and a colleague suggests a geological explanation for why conclusive evidence for advanced extraterrestrial (ET) civilizations ...

A new paper taking a look at the Fermi Paradox using the Drake Equations has suggested an uncomfortable solution: maybe we are alone in the galaxy. If you haven't heard of the Fermi Paradox, it goes ...

(via SciShow) In 1961, the astronomer Frank Drake wrote down what is now known as the Drake Equation. It's so important to the culture surrounding the search for extraterrestrial life that scientists ...

Scientists have long pondered on one of the universe's greatest mysteries: Are we alone? They have searched the cosmos, but so far, there has been no sign of extraterrestrial life. Is it possible that ...

In a new study, scientists take on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) community — and determine that they may have a crisis of imagination. Speaking to Universe Today, Columbia ...

Some of our SETI Institute team members at Pixar Animation Studios. A new documentary film, recently released, celebrates first contact with aliens and highlights the importance of SETI research in ...

Astronomers Discover Hidden Moon Orbiting Uranus: JWST detects a hidden 6-mile moon (S/2025 U1), raising Uranus’ total to 29 and shedding light on its complex ring–moon system.