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By Seth Shostak
Protocols for responding to the discovery of extraterrestrial intelligence have been created, but they might not be followed. First came the suggestion that an “alien megastructure” had been ob…
There’s no such thing as a “close call” in SETI – either the radio telescope has picked up an alien signal, or it hasn’t. “Close” doesn’t exist in this one-bit experiment, any more than it doe…
A new "super-Earth" was just discovered in the constellation Cetus some 40 light-years away. This newfound planet could be Earth's big brother. It's roughly 40 percent larger…
Tweet A SETI Signal? A star system 94 light-years away is in the spotlight as a possible candidate for intelligent inhabitants, thanks to the discovery of a radio signal by a group of Russian…
If you’re worried about little gray guys with no hair and amygdaloid eyes, Hillary Clinton wants to help. Last week, in an interview with late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel, Clinton said that sh…
The other shoe has dropped. After a century of speculation and a half-century of searching, science teams using instruments built by Caltech and MIT have made a discovery that will take up per…
The Mysterious Star KIC 8462852 By Seth Shostak www.seti.org 10-27-15 The SETI Institute is following up on the possibility that the stellar system KIC 8462852 might be home to an advanced ci…
By Seth Shostak The Huffington Post 9-1-15 One thing that strikes me about claims of alien visitation is that so much of the evidence is musty and fusty. Every day, I get stories and article…
Tweet Roswell Aliens Not So Alien By Seth Shostak The Huffington Post 5-25-15 Nearly 70 years after extraterrestrials supposedly pushed the wrong button in their spacecraft and nose-dived in…
