SETI

Will We Find Alien Life Within 20 Years? You Can Bet On It.

During a hearing last week before the U.S. House Science and Technology Committee SETI scientists Seth Shostak and Dan Werthimer…

7 years ago

Are we Ready for Contact?

A common criticism of science is its quick decision to experiment, without thinking about whether or not it should. While…

8 years ago

Kepler Has Found the First Earth-Sized Exoplanet in a Habitable Zone!

It's truly a "eureka" moment for Kepler scientists: the first rocky Earth-sized world has been found in a star's habitable…

8 years ago

Inside the Drake Equation: A Chat with Frank Drake

This interview with Frank Drake -- sometimes called the Father of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence – was recorded in…

8 years ago

Novel Strategy May Help Target Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life

Discovering life beyond Earth might just be the holy grail of science. And even though we have yet to find…

8 years ago

A Tale of a Lost Moon: Hubble Spies Neptune’s Moons and Its Rings

"That's no moon..." -B. Kenobi But in this case, it is... a lost moon of Neptune not seen since its…

8 years ago

How to Pay for That Latte on the Moon? PayPal Has a Plan

In Star Trek lore, money doesn’t exist in the 24th century. But sometime in the 21st century, when we (hopefully)…

8 years ago

Lone Signal: First Continous Message Beacon to Find and Say Hello to an Extraterrestrial Civilization

Although scientists have been listening for years to search for indications of other sentient life in the Universe, just a…

8 years ago

Hunting for Alien Megastructures

It's a big galaxy out there. Even the most skeptical scientist has to accept that if a civilisation like our…

8 years ago

Extreme Telescopes: Unique Observatories Around the World

In 1888, astronomer Simon Newcomb uttered now infamous words, stating that “We are probably nearing the limit of all we…

9 years ago