Caelum Incognitum — The interactive encyclopedia of ufology
SETI
Astronomy, exobiology & SETI
Acronym for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Born in 1960 with Frank Drake’s Project Ozma, it listens to the sky for artificial signals, first radio then optical. It differs from ufology: it looks for distant signals with scientific instruments, not for visitors.
See also
- Drake equation
- “Wow!” signal
- Technosignature
- Breakthrough Listen
- Contact (novel 1985, film 1997)
- SETI@home
- Astrobiology
- Arrival (2016)
- Acronyms to know
- Seth Shostak
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell
- Fast radio bursts
- Pulsar CP 1919 (“LGM-1”)
- Project Ozma
- METI (messaging extraterrestrial intelligence)
- Frank Drake (1930-2022)
- Jill Tarter (born 1944)
- Galileo Project
- Carl Sagan (1934-1996)
- Avi Loeb (born 1962)
- Arecibo message