Some of our SETI Institute team members at Pixar Animation Studios. A new documentary film, recently released, celebrates first contact with aliens and highlights the importance of SETI research in ...

A new paper taking a look at the Fermi Paradox using the Drake Equations has suggested an uncomfortable solution: maybe we are alone in the galaxy. If you haven't heard of the Fermi Paradox, it goes ...

(via SciShow) In 1961, the astronomer Frank Drake wrote down what is now known as the Drake Equation. It's so important to the culture surrounding the search for extraterrestrial life that scientists ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Fred L. Smith Jr. Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Andromeda Galaxy, M31, with the Lunt 80mm f/7 doublet apo ...

In 1961, American astronomer Frank Drake first formulated the Drake Equation in an attempt to calculate the number of active ...

The Drake Equation is one of science’s most fascinating attempts to answer a massive question: are we alone? This video breaks down how we estimate the number of intelligent alien civilizations.

A new model based on the famous alien-hunting Drake equation suggests that some parallel universes within the hypothetical "multiverse" could have higher chances of containing extraterrestrial life ...

Through golden hive minds, dreaming androids and interstellar alien worlds, astrobiologist and speculative science-fiction author Seven Rasmussen explores humanity within the unfamiliar and strange.