What happens when a planet contains immense quantities of water but is far too hot for that water to remain liquid?

November 20, 2025, Mountain View, CA -- The SETI Institute is pleased to open the call for applications for the 2026 Mino ...

What: Scientists discovered a bacterium (Hydrogenobacter) in Yellowstone that breathes both oxygen (aerobic) and elemental ...

This month, we are continuing our profile series featuring our exceptional SETI AIR program Advisors.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope observed Herbig-Haro 49/50, an outflow from a nearby still-forming star, in high-resolution near- and mid-infrared light. The young star is off to the lower right ...

Astronomers from the International Centre of Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have created the largest low-frequency radio colour image of the Milky Way ever assembled. This spectacular new image ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. The worry about whether H5N1 will trigger a human pandemic has concealed a startling reality. Avian influenza has ...

In the fall of 2023, Unistellar observers joined forces with the Association Française d’Astronomie (AFA) to take another close look at a familiar visitor: Comet 103P/Hartley 2. This tiny but famously ...

The idea that the universe is made of tiny vibrating strings was once the science theory du jour. String theory promised to unite the disparate theories describing particles and gravity, and many ...

Humans are expected to begin journeying to Mars within the next decades. The need for humans to land in areas allowing access to H2O has been driving mission planners to favor mid to high latitude ...