Don Backer, an astrophysicist at the University of California, Berkeley who discovered the first millisecond pulsar, died on July 25. He was director ...

In the next two decades, chances are we will have the ability to send humans to Mars, but we will still not be sure about whether there is life on Mars.

Every summer, the SETI Institute hosts 15-20 college students from around the country as part of its Astrobiology Research Experience for Undergraduat...

This one-minute excerpt comes from a special colloquium celebrating the 25th anniversary of the SETI Institute. Watch a video of Dr. Jill Tarter giv...

By Gail Jacobs An expert in processing spacecraft images of the planets, Dr. Cynthia Phillips is particularly interested in the search for active ge...