Tidal migration – gradual outward movement of a moon due to gravitational interactions with its parent planet Axial ...

As we launch the Open Call for the 2026–2027 Cosmic Consciousness Literary Residency, we invite writers and poets to engage ...

Asteroids! From 2024 YR 4's possible lunar impact to the DART mission's impact of Dimophos, we look at how scientists are ...

Saturn’s largest moon may have had a violent birth. New research led by SETI Institute scientist Matija Ćuk proposes that Titan formed when two earlier Saturnian moons collided and merged hundreds of ...

Korea’s Kompsat-2 satellite captured this image over the sand seas of the Namib Desert on 7 January 2012. The blue-and-white area is the dry riverbed of the Tsauchab. Black dots of vegetation are ...

It provides a dynamic, time-resolved view of planetary transformation, a missing link between young inflated worlds and the compact sub-Neptunes that populate the galaxy.

Recent media coverage highlights the wide range of research, education, and scientific perspectives emerging from the SETI Institute community. From teacher training programs that connect educators ...

Pulsars are rapidly rotating and highly magnetized neutron stars that emit periodic radio pulses Scattering is the smearing of radio waves by turbulent ionized gas, which obscures signals at low ...

Astrobiologist Dale Andersen headed back in Antarctica at Lake Untersee in January-February 2026 for another field season of ...

February 11, 2026, Mountain View, CA – Recent research suggests that Saturn’s bright rings and its largest moon, Titan, may have both originated in collisions among its moons. While Cassini’s 13-year ...

Narrowband signal detection as a potential indicator of artificial radio emissions. Doppler drift correction to account for relative motion between Earth and distant transmitters. Rigorous filtering ...