Alas, the miracle could not last. The solar storms were heating Earth's upper atmosphere, causing it to inflate and increase ...

Dark oxygen, a newly identified form of oxygen, raises questions about life in extreme environments and its implications for ...

The SETI Institute awarded the first Frank Drake Postdoctoral Fellowship to Dr. Anastasia Yanchilina. Yanchilina will focus ...

The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 ...

SETI Institute In the News The SETI Institute continues to push the boundaries of space exploration and the search for ...

“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...

Their research reveals which Earthly 'technosignatures' would be easiest to detect from a planet across the galaxy.

Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By ...

Astronomers have found some pretty wild exoplanets. Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of diamond, and another may rain molten iron. However, not all exoplanets are ...

A suborbital experiment indicates that centimetre-sized clusters of tribocharged submillimetre grains resist erosion by individual grains with collision speeds up to around 0.5 m s –1.

These four experiments involve ingredients most households already have on hand, minimal time outside and plenty of fun and learning. A memorable and educational experiment that shows up in social ...

Dipartimento di Chimica and Nanostructured Interfaces and Surfaces (NIS) Centre, Università degli Studi di Torino, via P. Giuria 7, Torino 10125, Italy ...