Organizations
Discover the key organizations at the forefront of SETI research and the scientific quest for extraterrestrial intelligence. From pioneering institutions like the SETI Institute in Mountain View to global collaborations such as Breakthrough Initiatives, these groups are driving innovation in the search for technosignatures and alien civilizations.
The Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center is dedicated to advancing the search for extraterrestrial, technological life in the universe, via their technosignatures. The PSETI Center is a member of the Consortium for Planetary and Exoplanetary Science and Technology and is hosted by the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics in the Eberly College of Science.
The search for technosignatures is a broad, encompassing much of astronomy. It includes searches for communicative signals from other stars across and beyond the electromagnetic spectrum, searches for artifacts in and beyond the solar system, and other detectable evidence for technological life beyond the Earth.
The PSETI Center engages in research, training, outreach and education.
The Kavli Foundation was established in 2000 by Fred Kavli, a Norwegian-American entrepreneur and champion of science, with a vision to advance science for the benefit of humanity.
One of the fund’s areas of focus is supporting interdisciplinary inquiry into the emergence of life and its place in the universe.