The Drake Equation, named after its creator, radio astronomer Frank Drake, is an attempt to frame the question scientifically by assigning a value to all the relevant terms, from the number of ...

The Great Filter theory suggests that our lack of contact with extraterrestrial civilizations may arise from either their ...

Astrophysicist Frank Drake drew up the famous formula on a chalkboard in 1961 ... use of astronomical observatories to this day. The equation is more of an argument wrapped in seven variables.

This was the formula that American astronomer Dr ... ask ourselves about our own universe must be reinterpreted." Dr. Drake's ...

My whole life I’ve been asked the daunting question that seemed to put my whole belief system on trial. Aliens, were they ...

Drake's Equation lies at the core of the Fermi Paradox and SETI, the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, but is it a good guide in our search for aliens, and what does modern astronomy tell ...

The award honors Frank Drake, whose Drake Equation first identified the specific factors necessary for the emergence of life in the Universe and the evolution of technological civilizations. This ...