Why total solar eclipses happen What scientists learn during eclipses How to observe safely The cultural and historical significance of eclipses Live music inspired by space and exploration This ...

Throughout July 2026, SETI Institute scientists, leaders, and collaborators contributed to conversations spanning the origins of life, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, Mars exploration, ...

What: A SETI Live conversation exploring NASA's upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and the Coronagraph Instrument that will attempt to directly image giant exoplanets around nearby stars.

This week, we reveal hidden wonders across the cosmos, from delicate Martian clouds and a dust-shrouded galaxy to an asteroid with a never-before-seen shape and the crowded heart of the Milky Way.

What: A SETI Live discussion on 50 years of Mars exploration since the historic Viking 1 landing. Guests: SETI Institute planetary scientist Dr. Pascal Lee and Deputy ...

These images span the journey from our own backyard to distant galaxies, featuring Mars, the Moon, breathtaking night skies, ...

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photograph while orbiting over northern Africa. The image shows a dune field known as Erg Chebbi, located in southeastern Morocco, near ...

This image is quite extraordinary, and it's not the big disk that's attracting the most attention. Although the large planet-forming disk around the star PDS 70 is clearly imaged and quite interesting ...

Wow! Literary Award invites writers and poets working in literature, speculative fiction/sci-fi, experimental poetry, and philosophy to submit original, unpublished creative work that reflects and ...

Throughout June 2026, SETI Institute scientists, affiliates, and collaborators contributed to discussions spanning interstellar visitors, planetary science, technosignature searches, animal cognition, ...

Fragment of the Hillsborough meteorite, broken on impact, with fusion crust from passing at high speed through the Earth’s atmosphere. July 15, 2026, Mountain View, CA -- On July 16, 2024 a daytime ...