November 4, 2024, Mountain View, CA – Renowned astronomer, Dr. Jill Tarter, SETI Institute co-founder and pioneering SETI researcher, will be honored with the inaugural Tarter Award for Innovation in ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Jill Tarter, co-founder of the SETI Institute and one of the most influential figures in the scientific search for life beyond Earth, has been named the ...

October 23, 2025, Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute announced today that the California Academy of Sciences has awarded its highest honor, the Fellows Medal, to Dr. Jill Tarter, SETI Institute co ...

Jill Tarter, an astronomer with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, was recently interviewed in a CNN TV special, “The Hunt for Planet B.” Tarter thought that if aliens could get ...

As a child, astronomer Jill Tarter would walk along the beaches of western Florida with her father and look up at the stars. "I assumed, at that time, that along some beach on some planet, there would ...

Astronomers Discover Hidden Moon Orbiting Uranus: JWST detects a hidden 6-mile moon (S/2025 U1), raising Uranus’ total to 29 and shedding light on its complex ring–moon system. The Search for ...

July 5, 2017, Mountain View, CA -- Jill Tarter is the subject of a new book by Sarah Scoles, Making Contact: Jill Tarter and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, which was released yesterday.

Your browser does not support the audio element. January 15, 2026, Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute announced that nominations are now open for the 2026 ...

"Dr. Jill Tarter's extraordinary career stands as a testament to vision, perseverance, and an unwavering commitment to expanding humanity's understanding of the cosmos," said Reema Khan, Chairwoman of ...