November 1, 2015

ALLAN HALL RELEASES DIE FILMS NEW FILM PROJECT

DIE Films owner announces the multi-million dollar film project "Suddenly Real".

Headed by Director Allan Hall. The film is tentively scheduled to begin principal photography in late March 2016.

 

August 18, 2015
NATHALIE CABROL TO LEAD CARL SAGAN CENTER AT SETI INSTITUTE
The SETI Institute announces the appointment of Nathalie Cabrol as the lead for its multidisciplinary research programs into the nature and distribution of life beyond Earth. She will head the Institute’s Carl Sagan Center for the Study of Life in the Universe.

 

August 13, 2015
NEW INSTRUMENT IMAGES A YOUNG COUSIN OF JUPITER
Using a powerful new imaging device, astronomers have espied a Jupiter-like exoplanet 100 light-years distant in the constellation of Eridanus.

 

July 23, 2015
NEW KEPLER EXOPLANET CATALOG INCLUDES TERRESTRIAL SIZED WORLD ORBITING COUSIN OF THE SUN
Scientists analyzing four years of data from NASA’s Kepler mission have released a new catalog of exoplanet candidates. The catalog adds more than 500 new possible planets to the 4,175 already found by the famed space-based telescope.

 

June 17, 2015
DISCOVERY OF A MARS-SIZE WORLD USES TUG-OF-WAR TECHNIQUE
Astronomers have discovered a Mars-sized world 200 light-years from Earth. The discovery is equivalent to sensing a pin head at the distance of the Moon.

 

April 21, 2015
A New Collaboration to Aid the Search for Life on Distant Worlds

Hiroshi Imanaka, a research scientist at the SETI Institute and a specialist in the chemistry of planetary atmospheres, is part of a team recently selected to be part of NExSS.

 

March 20, 2015
Public Asked to Help Name Features on Pluto

The SETI Institute has announced the launch of its “Our Pluto” campaign, which is soliciting input on how to name features on the surfaces of Pluto and Charon.

 

March 09, 2015
Film on Asteroid Impact Featuring Research of SETI Institute Scientists Showcased at SXSW Festival
A film on the threat from asteroids and featuring scientists from the SETI Institute and NASA will be showcased at the upcoming SXSW (South by Southwest) International Film Festival. The one-hour docu-drama, “Disaster Playground,” was directed by Nelly Ben Hayoun, Designer of Experiences at the SETI Institute. It will be premiered at a festival that spotlights fictional pieces and documentaries, and will be the world premiere of Ben Hayoun’s film.

 

December 08, 2014
Answers Blowing in the Titan Wind
Using a specially engineered wind tunnel, scientists have solved a puzzle about wind-blown dunes on a world that has some striking similarities to our own.

 

November 21, 2014
Remastered image of Europa released by NASA

NASA has issued an image advisory for a newly-processed global color view of Europa, our best such view ever and likely the best view we will have until a dedicated spacecraft returns to Europa sometime in the future. This image was produced by a team from the SETI Institute over the course of several months.

 

19, 2014
SETI Institute Garners NASA Awards

Today, NASA bestowed honors on SETI Institute scientists and educators, both as individuals and as members of research teams, citing their outstanding efforts on behalf of science, outreach and education.

 

November 03, 2014
Workshop Ponders Challenges of Communicating Across the Cosmos
The SETI Institute will convene the international workshop “Communicating Across the Cosmos: How Can We Make Ourselves Understood by Other Civilizations in the Galaxy?" on November 10-11, 2014, at its headquarters in Mountain View, California.

 

October 24, 2013
SETI institute Seeks Citizen Scientists to Help Save the World

Partners with NASA and Other Organizations to Host Asteroid Hackathon Saturday, Oct. 25
Event part of NASA’s Asteroid Grand Challenge; SETI-Led Hackathons and Game Jams Connect Leading Scientists, Data Sets, and Citizens to Tackle Complex Challenges