The SETI Institute was incorporated as a 501(c)3 California Non-Profit Corporation on November 20, 1984. The inaugural officers of the Institute were CEO Thomas Pierson and SETI scientist Jill Tarter.

In a folder next to me on the front seat of my four-year old Honda are several copies of the Articles of Incorporation for a new legal entity to be named SETI Institute. For multiple reasons, I was ...

For nearly 40 years, the SETI Institute, a nonprofit research organization in Mountain View, has been searching for intelligent life forms beyond Earth. A philanthropic gift of $200 million ...