The Perseverance rover of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has discovered geological evidence of a ...

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

Dark comet 1998 SH2 spent 27 years cataloged as a routine asteroid before outgassing steered it invisibly off course, ...

Two SETI Institute planetary scientists now have asteroids bearing their names, an honor! The International Astronomical ...

Summer meteor shower season is getting under way and conditions could be perfect for the peak of the year's best display ...

Astronomers have discovered a faint, elusive planet orbiting a young star after more than a decade of cosmic hide-and-seek.

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A recently discovered comet is heading back toward the skies over the Northern Hemisphere. Though you might need to use ...

From black holes in the early Universe 1 to atmospheres cloaking distant planets 2, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) studies cosmic phenomena that no other observatory has been able to probe. The ...

Led by Avi Loeb, a new Trump administration scientific council is reviewing over 50 Pentagon records to evaluate UAP security risks.

Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer who has made headlines with his theories about alien encounters, will lead a White House ...