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 ...

A new theoretical model based on the famous Drake equation suggests that alien life is more likely to emerge in specific parallel universes that could potentially exist alongside ours in a never ...

Va., that Drake developed the eponymous—and now famous—Drake Equation, which calculates how many advanced and detectable civilizations there should be in the Milky Way in any one year.

By John Adams The Drake Equation, formulated in the 1960s by Dr. Frank Drake, estimated the number of extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way. It incorporated parameters like the star ...

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 ...

After this pioneering experiment, other searches for signals from the directions of other stars were conducted. Within a year, the first scientific meeting to discuss the prospects of a search was ...