In the last decade this subject, which was sometimes considered on the edge of science fiction, has advanced impressively. We will hear i.a. about how the new James Webb space telescope may be able to find signs of life on exoplanets in distant solar systems, about the mysterious object Oumuamua, which after visiting our solar system in 2017, has awakened new momentum about UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, formerly called UFOs), a topic on which new reports (2021 and 2022) from the US government, and about the new COSMOS project as part of the 63-year-old SETI project to search for extraterrestrial radio transmissions.