New research suggests AI can be repeatedly fooled into mistaking non-life for life.

When scientists search for life beyond Earth, Mars usually gets most of the attention. But another world may offer an even ...

Why some of the best places to find alien life could be within our Solar System.

Hollywood makes initiating alien contact seem much easier than it has proven to be. In E.T. the Extraterrestrial, E.T. got ...

Some of these approaches may show promise, but new research indicates much of today’s AI is even more easily duped by false positives than their human operators. “No matter what sequence of commands ...

A rocky world orbiting within its star’s habitable zone may be surrounded by a helium-rich atmosphere, providing the ...

Throughout June 2026, SETI Institute scientists, affiliates, and collaborators contributed to discussions spanning ...

When it comes to the search for life elsewhere in the universe, methane and other chemical compounds are seen as signs of ...

When a scientific controversy or breakthrough dominates headlines, press officers and journalists often quote a handful of expertS ...

Unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) have resurfaced at the centre of online discussion after a widely shared interview revisited reports of supposed 'non-human' life linked to recovered unidentified ...

According to popular media, the search for alien life involves advanced technology, space exploration and sometimes even government conspiracies and secret programs. But according to University of ...

NASA plans to launch the Habitable Worlds Observatory in the 2040s, a mission whose goal is “to image Earth-like planets ...