A programme originally launched by NASA in 1992, using powerful radio telescopes to search the skies for extraterrestrial signals. NASA cancelled the SETI project in 1993, but other privately funded SETI projects continue.

http://www.seti.org/ SETI (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) Institute research into the question ‘Are we alone in the universe?’ The site has information on current and past projects, including their connection with the films Independence Day and Contact. There is also the opportunity to devote some of your own computer's time to ‘crunching’ the enormous amounts of data the Institute collects and so doing a little to help the search.

http://www.setileague.org/ Home page of a SETI organization, of, by, and for the amateur radioastronomer, whose aim is to try to find extraterrestrial life. The premiss of doing so is explained right at the beginning of the page. The page contains links to lots of relevant material, as well as to a screen saver that enables the user to join the search for ET!