False alarms

How do we tell the world we found them?

How might the discovery of life change us as humans?

Finding extraordinary evidence for the extraordinary claim of life in the universe.

The work of radio astronomer Frank Drake kicked off the modern search for life in the universe.

For centuries, humans have looked to the heavens and asked: Are we alone in the universe? And when it comes to answering that question, it’s not a matter of if. It’s a matter of when.