40 Years and Beyond

The SETI Institute has a straight- forward yet profound mission: To lead humanity’s quest to understand the origins and prevalence of life and intelligence in the universe and share that knowledge with the world. You could say our mission is as big as the universe—because it is. We were founded by a group of pioneering scientists in 1984. It’s hard to believe now, but before they came together to create the SETI Institute, there was little focused research being done …