Drake Awards 2026
Tickets available! The Drake Awards is the SETI Institute’s premier celebration of bold ideas, transformative discovery, and humanity’s enduring question: Are we alone in the universe?
SETI Institute Launches Discovery and Futures Lab to Explore the Human Dimensions of Life Beyond Earth
It's mission is to anticipate and explore humanity’s responses to the discovery of life beyond Earth by connecting science with other kinds of research.
SETI AIR Newsletter - April 2026
This month’s issue brings together a remarkable range of artistic practices that extend far beyond the studio, into orbit, deep time, and planetary environments.
SkyMapper Goes Live: Building a Real-Time, Global Network for Astronomy
SkyMapper functions as an observational infrastructure, a system that links instruments, users, and data streams. Its goal is ambitious: to continuously observe and map the entire sky.
Cosmic Consciousness Literary Residency
The SETI Institute is accepting proposals for the Cosmic Consciousness Literary Residency for 2026/2027. Submit your materials by June 1, 2026 to ensure your application is considered.
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How SETI Designed A Telescope To Look For Extraterrestrial Civilizations
In 2025, we invited Scott Manley for a tour of the Allen Telescope Array in Hat Creek, CA. Take an in-depth look of the facilities and research happening at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory!
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