Outreach & Education
The Drake Equation
This page is not recommend to be viewed on a smart-phone, the embedded calculator format does not work well on small screens. In 1961, astronomer Frank Drake formulated the now famous equation, that bears his name, as he was putting together the agenda for the first scientific meeting on the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI). His goal was not to quantify the number of intelligent, communicating extra-terrestrial civilizations but rather to summarize the factors when Read more…