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Radio signal seemed to originate from the star Proxima Centauri, and provided a helpful drill for future searches

UC Berkeley psychologist Alison Gopnik, holding her grandson Atticus, is winner of the 2021 Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization.

We may finally have the tools we need to discover intelligent life on other planets — if only we’d stop making so muc...

Video transcript We humans are obsessed with the idea that we’re not alone, that somewhere out there in the universe, there are other life forms intelligent enough to communicate with us.  Or maybe even destroy us. But if there is life out there, why haven’t we heard from them yet?  Or have we? Advertisement In 1961, the astronomer Frank Drake devised a calculation that predicted the existence of millions of civilisations out there among the stars. His Drake Equation used some fairly speculative assumptions, but it ignited our curiosity.  Are we just one small part of a vast, cosmic zo...

Credit: SETI Institute April 29, 2021, Mountain View, CA - The SETI Institute announced today the 2020 and 2021 recipients of the SETI Forward award, recognizing outstanding undergraduate interns studying astrobiology and SETI research: Karen Isabel Perez - Columbia University, Ellie White - Marshall University and Siddhant Sharma - University of Delhi. The SETI Forward award provides scholarship funds to support the next generation of scientists pursuing SETI and astrobiology career opportunities and connects promising students with researchers. All three recipients will receive their awards...