# SETI Institute **Domain:** Astrobiology / Technosignatures / Nonhuman Intelligence **Doc Type:** Institution Node **Maturity:** Developing **Related:** [[Nonhuman Intelligence]], [[Technosignatures]], [[Fermi Paradox]], [[Recommended Institutions and Signals]] --- ## Definition The **SETI Institute** is a nonprofit research organization studying life and intelligence in the universe through astrobiology, planetary science and the search for technosignatures. ## Corpus Context SETI enlarges the ontology of intelligence beyond Earth and beyond human embodiment. It asks what evidence intelligence leaves in matter, energy, communication and planetary environments. ## Directory Context This institution is indexed in [[Recommended Institutions and Signals]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [SETI Institute](https://www.seti.org/)