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#PPOD: This remarkably detailed view of #Betelgeuse, captured by ...

2026-08-28T15:01:39Z

#PPOD: This remarkably detailed view of #Betelgeuse, captured by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), reveals the uneven, bubbling surface of the famous red supergiant about 600 light-years away. Nearly 800 times larger than the Sun, Betelgeuse is covered by enormous regions of hot gas rising from deep within the star, creating the bright hotspots seen across its surface. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/W. Dent et al.

#space #science

#PPOD: The August 12, 2026, total #solareclipse was photographed ...

2026-08-20T15:00:55Z

#PPOD: The August 12, 2026, total #solareclipse was photographed above the Roman Bridge of Lugo, Spain, and reflected in the Miño River. Taking this photo took three days of planning—scouting good spots in the city to capture a beautiful, representative shot. Photographer Antonio (npub18lx…w3cv) brought two cameras and took 340 photos during the 84 seconds of totality. Credit: Antonio Rull

#science #photography

On 12 August, the International Space Orchestra will perform in ...

2026-08-11T19:00:12Z

On 12 August, the International Space Orchestra will perform in San Francisco at the California Academy of Sciences alongside live eclipse footage from the path of totality in Europe. For non-locals, the entire event will be livestreamed starting at 10:30 am PDT.

Learn more: https://coolhunting.com/culture/experience-the-total-solar-eclipse-with-music-loving-space-scientists/

#solareclipse #bayarea #science #calacademy

We suggest that writers and poets familiarize themselves with the ...

2026-08-01T19:00:21Z

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We suggest that writers and poets familiarize themselves with the SETI Institute’s research. The jury will pay attention to a strong connection to the SETI Institute’s scientific work as well as innovation in creative expression.

The Wow! Literary Award comes with a $1,000 award and publication on the SETI Institute’s website. The SETI AIR team will award three honorable mentions with $100 and a profile in the SETI AIR Newsletter.

The SETI Institute's Wow! Literary Award invites writers and ...

2026-08-01T19:00:20Z

The SETI Institute's Wow! Literary Award invites writers and poets working in literature, speculative fiction/sci-fi, experimental poetry, and philosophy to submit original, unpublished creative work that reflects and expands on the SETI Institute’s “Intelligence and Consciousness” research area, exploring the questions:

What may interspecies communication entail?
What is the nature of consciousness?
What is the nature and evolution of intelligence?

#writing #SETI #science

Dr. Tom Esposito focuses on the architecture and evolution of ...

2026-08-01T15:00:50Z

Dr. Tom Esposito focuses on the architecture and evolution of exoplanetary systems and studies the structures of young solar systems through direct imaging of their circumstellar debris disks – rings of dust and ice that trace collisions among orbiting pebbles, boulders, and planetesimals.

#Exoplanets #Space #Science #SETI #NotJustAliens

#PPOD: This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows ...

2026-07-22T15:01:28Z

#PPOD: This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows Beta Pictoris d, a new planet found orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. The star is at the center of the frame and was subtracted during data processing, revealing the environment around it. The new planet, indicated with an arrow, is the third one found around this star. The other two are Beta Pictoris b (left of the star) and Beta Pictoris c, orbiting much closer to the star and not seen here. Credit: ESO/B. Sutlieff, M. Bonse et al.

#PPOD: This image shows satellites crossing the night sky above ...

2026-07-03T15:01:23Z

#PPOD: This image shows satellites crossing the night sky above the northern Atacama Desert in Chile over just one hour. It is a stack of a time-lapse video taken on 15 October 2025 about two hours after sunset. A few streaks are caused by planes and can be easily identified by their blinking colored lights, but most trails are due to satellites. Credit: F. Kamphues, ESO/M. Kornmesser

#space #science #photography

Got the blues from lack of sleep? For years, scientists have ...

2026-06-29T19:00:26Z

Got the blues from lack of sleep? For years, scientists have singled out blue light from our devices as the culprit behind our insomnia, but that idea no longer has scientific consensus. Find out why on the latest Skeptic Check from Big Picture Science: https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/skeptic-check-blue-light-special

#science #podcast

#PPOD: Over the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica, winds can ...

2026-06-16T15:00:50Z

#PPOD: Over the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica, winds can whip around the globe relatively unimpeded by land. Intrepid sailors termed these southern latitudes the Roaring Forties, Furious Fifties, and Screaming Sixties on account of the strong prevailing winds. When those winds encounter a barrier like an island, the disruption in airflow can be beautiful. One impediment, shown here, is remote Peter I Island. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison

#science

#PPOD: At first glance, it looks as though Saturn's icy moon ...

2026-06-15T15:01:03Z

#PPOD: At first glance, it looks as though Saturn's icy moon Rhea towers over tiny Epimetheus against a breathtaking backdrop of rings and cloud tops. In reality, the two worlds are separated by hundreds of thousands of kilometers, creating a celestial illusion captured by the Cassini spacecraft in 2010. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute/CICLOPS

#space #science #planetaryscience

#PPOD: This #meteorite was found in 2019 in northwest Africa and ...

2026-06-11T19:01:36Z

#PPOD: This #meteorite was found in 2019 in northwest Africa and is officially named NWA 12774. Classified as an angrite, this relatively rare type of meteorite is made from material that formed just a few million years after the solar system began. Usually, angrites come from asteroids; however, analysis of certain crystals in NWA 12774 reveals a high aluminum concentration, indicating formation under intense pressure deep within a larger body. Credit: Beat Booz via Encyclopedia of Meteorites

With Steven Spielberg’s new film "Disclosure Day" about ...

2026-06-03T23:40:38Z

With Steven Spielberg’s new film "Disclosure Day" about to debut, scientists and educators will face a new barrage of questions from students and the public about UAPs.

Andrew Fraknoi has put together an updated guide to resources explaining what skeptics have found about UFO cases and claims. These include what really happened at Roswell and analyses of the recent spate of military images, videos, and Congressional testimony. The free guide can be found at: http://bit.ly/ufoskeptic (PDF)

$1 million. 10 projects. Countless possibilities. This year's ...

2026-06-02T19:00:34Z

$1 million. 10 projects. Countless possibilities.

This year's SETI Institute STRIDE awards will support research on Venus, exoplanets, AI-powered science, whale communication, education initiatives, and more.

#space #science

#PPOD: This mosaic of images taken on Oct. 6, 2008, by NASA's ...

2026-05-28T19:38:02Z

#PPOD: This mosaic of images taken on Oct. 6, 2008, by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft shows an impact crater on Mercury named Hokusai. The crater has an impressive system of rays that extends more than about 1,000 kilometers across the planet. Rays form when something impacts the surface of a celestial body. Material is kicked up from beneath the surface and thrown outward from the crater. Credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Carnegie Science

#space #science

#PPOD: First Photo from the Surface of the Moon Close-up image of ...

2026-05-01T15:01:41Z

#PPOD: First Photo from the Surface of the Moon

Close-up image of the Oceanus Procellarum region of the Moon from the Soviet Luna 9 lander in February 1966.

Luna 9 made the first survivable landing on the moon and snapped the first photos from its surface.

Credit: National Space Science Data Center

#planetaryscience #space #science

#PPOD: The Sun’s inner corona, the hottest part of our ...

2026-04-17T15:01:24Z

#PPOD: The Sun’s inner corona, the hottest part of our star's atmosphere, appears faint yellow in this image taken by the ASPIICS coronagraph aboard Proba-3. The image combines data from Proba-3’s ASPIICS coronagraph (inner solar corona in yellow) and from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) aboard NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (solar disc in dark orange). Credit: ESA/Proba-3/ASPIICS, NASA/SDO/AIA

#space #science

#PPOD: The #ArtemisII crew captured this view of Earth setting on ...

2026-04-15T15:00:49Z

#PPOD: The #ArtemisII crew captured this view of Earth setting on April 6, 2026. As the astronauts flew over the Moon’s far side, the crew photographed and described terrain features, including impact craters, ancient lava flows, and surface cracks and ridges formed as the Moon slowly evolved. They also noted differences in color, brightness, and texture, which provide clues that help scientists understand the composition and history of the lunar surface. Credit: NASA

#planetaryscience #space

#PPOD: A red-green-blue image of 3I/ATLAS taken by Juice’s ...

2026-04-10T15:00:54Z

#PPOD: A red-green-blue image of 3I/ATLAS taken by Juice’s high-resolution science camera, JANUS, from more than 180 million km away. The comet seems to glow green because gases in the halo around the nucleus emit light at green wavelengths. Background stars have different colors depending on their temperatures. Credit: ESA/Juice/JANUS

Learn more: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice/Five_things_Juice_has_revealed_about_Comet_3I_ATLAS

#space #science

#PPOD: Korea’s Kompsat-2 satellite captured this image over the ...

2026-03-02T16:00:44Z

#PPOD: Korea’s Kompsat-2 satellite captured this image over the sand seas of the Namib Desert on 7 January 2012. The blue-and-white area is the dry riverbed of the Tsauchab. Black dots of vegetation are concentrated close to the river’s main route, while salt deposits appear bright white. Running through the river valley, a road connects Sossusvlei to the Sesriem settlement. Credit: KARI/ESA

#space #science #planetaryscience

#PPOD: This is a montage of New Horizons images of Jupiter and ...

2026-01-19T16:11:00Z

#PPOD: This is a montage of New Horizons images of Jupiter and its volcanic moon Io, taken during the spacecraft’s Jupiter flyby in early 2007. The Jupiter image is an infrared color composite taken by the spacecraft’s near-infrared imaging spectrometer on Feb. 28, 2007. The infrared wavelengths used highlight variations in the altitude of the Jovian cloud tops, with blue denoting high-altitude clouds and hazes, and red indicating deeper clouds. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL

#space #science

The Breakthrough Listen Initiative, together with its network of ...

2025-12-20T02:00:12Z

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The Breakthrough Listen Initiative, together with its network of collaborators, has undertaken observations of 3I/ATLAS using a variety of facilities worldwide, starting shortly after its discovery, and continuing through its closest approach to Earth. No technosignatures have been detected in any of these searches.

Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/breakthrough-listen-observations-of-interstellar-object-3iatlas/

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1, 2025. ...

2025-12-20T02:00:12Z

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1, 2025. There is currently no evidence to suggest that it is anything other than a natural astrophysical object. However, given the small number of such objects known (only three to date), and the plausibility of interstellar probes as a technosignature (a sign of extraterrestrial intelligence), a thorough study is warranted.

#seti #space #science #comet3i

#PPOD: After a seven-year journey on board the Cassini ...

2025-12-11T16:01:58Z

#PPOD: After a seven-year journey on board the Cassini spacecraft, ESA’s Huygens probe reached Titan’s surface, marking the most distant landing ever achieved by a spacecraft. During the descent, its cameras collected data on the dense atmosphere and took the first-ever images of the surface. These revealed an extraordinary world with lakes, islands, and erosion features similar to those that shape our planet, confirming that liquid methane once flowed there. Credit: ESA/NASA

#space #science

The sun is the largest nuclear reactor we know. We now have ...

2025-11-15T00:00:48Z

The sun is the largest nuclear reactor we know. We now have momentum, harnessing its power at scale. From Texas to Pakistan to China, hear how cheap solar is toppling fossil fuel with author Bill McKibben on Big Picture Science.

Listen here: https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/solar-good

#podcast #science #climatechange

#PPOD: The interaction of two doomed stars has created this ...

2025-11-12T16:01:06Z

#PPOD: The interaction of two doomed stars has created this spectacular ring adorned with bright clumps of gas – a diamond necklace of cosmic proportions. Fittingly known as the “Necklace Nebula,” this planetary nebula is located 15,000 light-years away from Earth in the small, dim constellation of Sagitta (the Arrow). Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, K. Noll

#space #science

#PPOD: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera ...

2025-11-11T16:01:49Z

#PPOD: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera system to shoot video of Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, eclipsing the Sun. It’s the most zoomed-in, highest-frame-rate observation of a Phobos solar eclipse ever taken from the Martian surface. This image is a still taken from that video, which was shot in April 2022. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/SSI

#planetaryscience #space #science

#PPOD: The first anniversary image from NASA’s JWST displays ...

2025-11-06T13:00:57Z

#PPOD: The first anniversary image from NASA’s JWST displays star birth like it’s never been seen before, full of detailed, impressionistic texture. The subject is the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth. It is a relatively small, quiet stellar nursery, but you’d never know it from JWST's chaotic close-up. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (STScI); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

#astronomy #space #science

#PPOD: Saturn is captured here by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. ...

2025-10-28T15:01:02Z

#PPOD: Saturn is captured here by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Cassini orbited the gas giant for thirteen years before ending its mission by plunging into the planet's atmosphere on September 15, 2017. This image is a mosaic compiled from frames recorded by Cassini two days before its final dive. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, Space Science Institute, CICLOPS, Mindaugas Macijauskas

#space #science #planetaryscience

When NASA’s Dawn mission first captured images of the dwarf ...

2025-10-11T19:00:08Z

When NASA’s Dawn mission first captured images of the dwarf planet Ceres, bright reflective spots on its surface sparked worldwide fascination. Although the mission concluded in 2018, its data continues to reshape our understanding of this small but complex world.

In a recent episode of SETI Live, host Beth Johnson spoke with Dr. Sam Courville, postdoctoral researcher at ASU and lead author of a new Science Advances paper on the potential past habitability of Ceres.

#space #science

“Ceres has a ton of water and organic matter,” said Dr. ...

2025-10-11T19:00:08Z

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“Ceres has a ton of water and organic matter,” said Dr. Courville. In planetary science, organic matter refers to carbon-rich molecules; not evidence of biology, but ingredients that could support it. Compared with other bodies in the inner solar system, Ceres is unusually rich in these compounds, making it a compelling target for astrobiological study.

Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/hidden-habitability-on-ceres-what-dawn-discovered-beneath-ceres-icy-crust/

Viruses number in the trillions yet remain relatively obscure. ...

2025-10-03T23:00:17Z

Viruses number in the trillions yet remain relatively obscure. But what we’re learning about one group of viruses that target bacteria, called bacteriophages, may shape the future of medicine. This week, it’s “Not Just a Phage” on Big Picture Science.

Listen here: https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/not-just-a-phage

#podcast #science

Science writer Mary Roach excels at making offbeat or even taboo ...

2025-09-26T23:00:15Z

Science writer Mary Roach excels at making offbeat or even taboo subjects, such as cadavers or the digestive system, accessible. That continues with her latest book: “Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy”. #podcast #science

Listen to Big Picture Science here: https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/spare-body-parts

SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is one of the few ...

2025-09-15T23:00:14Z

SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is one of the few telescopes in the world dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Each day, this extraordinary instrument maps cosmic phenomena and collects more than 2 terabytes of data—data that expands our understanding of the universe and could one day reveal life beyond Earth. Your support makes this work possible.

#seti #space #science

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is a complex environment. It ...

2025-09-13T23:00:21Z

Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is a complex environment. It hosts rivers and lakes of liquid methane, fields of icy boulders, extensive sand dunes, and, beneath its frozen crust, a vast subsurface ocean.

A new study led by ETH Zurich fellow Dr. Antonin Affholder examines whether that subsurface ocean could support life. His findings suggest that if life exists there, it may persist only in extremely small amounts, making detection a formidable challenge.

Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/life-in-titans-ocean-the-microscopic-possibility-of-biomass-on-saturns-moon/

At the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array in New Mexico and the ...

2025-09-13T15:00:13Z

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At the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array in New Mexico and the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa, she leads a team that processes radio astronomy data in real time, simultaneously with standard telescope operations.

Not Just Aliens is the SETI Institute’s weekly series featuring scientists exploring astrobiology, heliophysics, planetary science, and more — expanding the search for life beyond Earth. And sometimes, we feature scientists looking for technosignatures!

Dr. Chenoa Tremblay is a project scientist at the SETI Institute ...

2025-09-13T15:00:13Z

Dr. Chenoa Tremblay is a project scientist at the SETI Institute with joint appointments at Breakthrough Initiatives, the University of New Mexico, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

#Astrobiology #SpaceScience #SETI #NotJustAliens #SometimesAliens

#PPOD: From the summit of Cerro Pachón in Chile, the Vera C. ...

2025-09-12T15:00:46Z

#PPOD: From the summit of Cerro Pachón in Chile, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory reaches for the "Milky Road" above. The new facility will spend a decade creating the Legacy Survey of Space and Time, a cosmic history that will capture visible changes in the southern sky. Named for the pioneering astronomer Vera C. Rubin, this new observatory uses the world's largest digital camera to explore the cosmos. Here, it stands sentinel under the brilliant band of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. #space

An Autumn of Comets The coming months promise to be a treat for ...

2025-09-05T20:30:08Z

An Autumn of Comets

The coming months promise to be a treat for skywatchers. Whether you’re in the northern or southern hemisphere, the night sky will feature a parade of comets—each with its own story and best window of visibility. Thanks to the global Unistellar community, we’ll have the opportunity to follow these icy visitors together.

Image: Comet A6 captured by citizen astronomer Van Ruckman.

Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/an-autumn-of-comets/

#space #science #citizenscience

#PPOD: Mimas, Saturn's innermost large moon, is a small, icy ...

2025-09-03T15:00:22Z

#PPOD: Mimas, Saturn's innermost large moon, is a small, icy world with a mean diameter of 396 kilometers. The icy moon is notable for its heavily cratered surface, particularly the massive Herschel crater, which gives it a striking resemblance to the Death Star from the Star Wars franchise. This image was captured on January 30, 2017, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Space Science Institute / CICLOPS

#space #science

#PPOD: A gigantic jet was photographed from the International ...

2025-09-01T15:00:21Z

#PPOD: A gigantic jet was photographed from the International Space Station by astronaut Nichole Ayers on 3 July 2025. Gigantic jets are transient luminous events (TLEs) that appear to initiate as an intracloud flash between the middle negative and upper positive charge regions in a thundercloud. They can reach altitudes of up to 90 km. The phenomenon occurred over Coahuila, Mexico. The station's Canadarm2 is visible in the foreground. Credit: NASA/Nichole Ayers

#space #science

ICYMI: On this week's #SETILive, Simon Steel chatted with ...

2025-08-30T21:00:26Z

ICYMI: On this week's #SETILive, Simon Steel chatted with Sanne Bloot about a mysterious radio pulse that was detected only two times out of every five expected. Watch the full video: https://youtube.com/live/XMvQOO4nUjA

#space #science

Astronomers studying the distant reaches of our Solar System have ...

2025-08-29T21:00:05Z

Astronomers studying the distant reaches of our Solar System have identified an unusual trans-Neptunian object (TNO) locked in a rare orbital configuration with Neptune. The object, discovered through the Large inclination Distant Object (LiDO) Survey, is the first to be securely classified in a 10:1 mean-motion resonance with the ice giant, meaning Neptune completes ten orbits around the Sun for every single orbit of the object.

Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/orbital-oddity-and-neptune-resonant-object-hints-at-planetary-migration/

#space #science

#PPOD: NGC 1068 is a relatively nearby spiral galaxy containing a ...

2025-08-28T15:00:26Z

#PPOD: NGC 1068 is a relatively nearby spiral galaxy containing a black hole at its center that is twice as massive as the Milky Way’s. Chandra shows a million-mile-per-hour wind is being driven from NGC 1068’s black hole and lighting up the center of the galaxy in X-rays. Credit: X-ray (blue): NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical/IR (yellow, grey, and gold): NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI (HST and JWST); Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA (pink); Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Schmidt and N. Wolk

#space #science

A new paper led by Dr. Thomas Sandnes, Durham University, and ...

2025-08-27T23:00:13Z

A new paper led by Dr. Thomas Sandnes, Durham University, and co-authored by an international team of scientists, including SETI Institute Affiliate, Dr. Jacob Kegerreis, challenges a proposed explanation for what produced Jupiter's dilute core, which gradually transitions into the envelope, with a smoothly changing mixture of the heavy core materials and the hydrogen and helium.

Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/new-clues-about-jupiter-s-mysterious-core/

#space #science

#PPOD: What appears to be a ripple in space is actually a newborn ...

2025-08-27T15:00:14Z

#PPOD: What appears to be a ripple in space is actually a newborn planet eating its way through its dusty cradle as it orbits its host star. This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, is the first clear detection of a baby planet in a disc with multiple rings. The clear detection of the planet WISPIT 2b in this image represents a significant step forward in our understanding of how planets form. Credit: ESO/R. F. van Capelleveen et al.

#space #science

#PPOD: JWST has now captured images of all four gas giants in our ...

2025-08-26T15:00:16Z

#PPOD: JWST has now captured images of all four gas giants in our solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. These images are the first of their kind, and they offer a new and unprecedented view of these distant worlds.

The JWST's image of Jupiter is particularly stunning. The telescope's infrared vision allows us to see through Jupiter's thick clouds, revealing the planet's swirling atmosphere and its Great Red Spot. The planet's haze and auroras steal the show.

#space #science

The world is getting brighter. From astronomy to bird migration, ...

2025-08-25T19:00:14Z

The world is getting brighter. From astronomy to bird migration, we explore how growing levels of artificial light are impacting our ecosystem and the effort to preserve dark skies. It’s “Don’t Lighten Up” on Big Picture Science.

Listen here: https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/dont-lighten-up

#podcast #science #astronomy

Climate change may be outpacing our ability to deal with it using ...

2025-08-22T23:00:11Z

Climate change may be outpacing our ability to deal with it using engineering. The third episode of Big Picture Science tied to the 20th anniversary of the devastating hurricane, “Katrina and the River,” looks at efforts to tame the mighty Mississippi.

Listen here: https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/katrina-and-the-river

#podcast #science #climatechange

#PPOD: Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ...

2025-08-22T15:00:31Z

#PPOD: Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus in images taken by Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera). This image shows the moon, designated S/2025 U1, as well as 13 of the 28 other known moons orbiting the planet. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, M. El Moutamid (SwRI), M. Hedman (University of Idaho)

#planetaryscience #space #science

In July 2025, 3I/ATLAS, a fast-moving interstellar object, ...

2025-08-08T21:00:09Z

In July 2025, 3I/ATLAS, a fast-moving interstellar object, entered our solar system. It’s likely natural, but what if it’s not? What if telescopes confirm it’s artificial? What if it’s sending us a signal? This immersive “Situation Room” experience puts you at the table with scientists, strategists, and educators to debate humanity’s next move — in real time. You decide: respond, retreat, or do nothing? Vote for our #SXSW2026 panel: https://participate.sxsw.com/flow/sxsw/sxsw26/community-voting-sxsw/page/community-voting/session/1752013334355001BvhN

#science #seti #arewealone

#PPOD: This is a very early attempt to process one of the ...

2025-08-08T15:00:18Z

#PPOD: This is a very early attempt to process one of the perijove 73 images from the JunoCam onboard NASA's Juno spacecraft, image PJ73_19. Due to radiation effects, the PJ73 images are extremely noisy and have reduced dynamic range compared to normal JunoCam images. (Jupiter's radiation belts have been a concern for the entire mission.) The upper image is a color image. The lower image is processed from the red data only. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Björn Jónsson

#space #science

#PPOD: On July 19, 2013, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft had a rare ...

2025-08-07T15:00:20Z

#PPOD: On July 19, 2013, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft had a rare opportunity to image Saturn and, far in the background, Earth. This image spans about 651,591 km across. This mosaic is special as it marks the 3rd time our home planet was imaged from the outer solar system; the 2nd time it was imaged by Cassini from Saturn’s orbit; and the 1st time that inhabitants of Earth were made aware in advance that their photo would be taken from such a great distance. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI

#space

Her hypervelocity impact experiments involve ice target setups, ...

2025-08-07T01:00:10Z

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Her hypervelocity impact experiments involve ice target setups, biological and organic sample preparation, and contamination control to prepare for future life detection missions to the ocean worlds of our solar system.

Not Just Aliens is the SETI Institute’s weekly series featuring scientists exploring astrobiology, heliophysics, planetary science, and more — expanding the search for life beyond Earth.

Dr. Rosalba Bonaccorsi has expanded her work by developing ...

2025-08-07T01:00:09Z

Dr. Rosalba Bonaccorsi has expanded her work by developing analytical protocols for real-time in-situ life detection in planetary-like materials and extreme environments worldwide.

Dr. Bonaccorsi has been the experimental lead of a novel project at the NASA Ames Vertical Gun Range (AVGR) facility simulating ice grain plume ejecta for Icy Moons/Ocean Worlds science.

#Astrobiology #Space #Science #SETI #NotJustAliens

#PPOD: This image of Uranus’ aurorae was taken by the NASA/ESA ...

2025-08-05T15:00:27Z

#PPOD: This image of Uranus’ aurorae was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope on 10 October 2022. These observations were made by the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and include both visible and ultraviolet data. An international team of astronomers used Hubble to make new measurements of Uranus' interior rotation rate by analyzing more than a decade of the telescope’s observations of Uranus’ aurorae. Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, L. Lamy, L. Sromovsky

#space #science

#PPOD: Astronaut Scott Kelly posted this photo, taken from the ...

2025-07-31T15:00:47Z

#PPOD: Astronaut Scott Kelly posted this photo, taken from the International Space Station during his year-long space mission, to social media on July 19, 2015, with the caption, "Day 114. #Moon #Venus #Jupiter...#Earth". Credit: NASA/Scott Kelly

#space #science #astrophotography

#PPOD: A collision between two galaxies has resulted in a merged ...

2025-07-30T15:00:30Z

#PPOD: A collision between two galaxies has resulted in a merged star system with an unusual appearance and bizarre internal motions. Messier 64 (M64) features a spectacular dark band of absorbing dust in front of the galaxy's bright nucleus, giving rise to its nicknames, the "Black Eye" or "Evil Eye" galaxy. Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI); Acknowledgment: S. Smartt (Institute of Astronomy) and D. Richstone (U. Michigan)

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#PPOD: HOPS-315 is a baby star where astronomers have observed ...

2025-07-17T15:01:31Z

#PPOD: HOPS-315 is a baby star where astronomers have observed early planet formation. The image from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and JWST data shows hot minerals starting to solidify.

In orange, we see the distribution of carbon monoxide, blowing away from the star in a butterfly-shaped wind. In blue, we see a narrow jet of silicon monoxide, also beaming away from the star.

Credit: ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. McClure et al.

#space #science

#PPOD: The central mesa inside Hebes Chasma on #Mars is shown in ...

2025-07-16T15:01:03Z

#PPOD: The central mesa inside Hebes Chasma on #Mars is shown in detail by ESA's Mars Express. A horseshoe-shaped section is missing from the mound, with material slumping to the valley floor. A dark patch, likely loose material, appears like spilled ink across the debris, having slid from an intermediate layer onto the walls. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)

#space #science

#PPOD: Today is #AsteroidDay, the anniversary of the Tunguska ...

2025-07-01T02:27:26Z

#PPOD: Today is #AsteroidDay, the anniversary of the Tunguska Event, when we raise awareness about potentially hazardous asteroids and their possible impacts on Earth. We also celebrate the addition of a new tool in our quest for #planetarydefense—the Vera Rubin Observatory. During the observatory's First Look last week, a new video revealed the discovery of over 2,100 new asteroids, including seven near-Earth objects (NEOs). Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

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#PPOD: JWST's NIRCam captured this picture of the surface of ...

2025-06-19T19:00:38Z

#PPOD: JWST's NIRCam captured this picture of the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. JWST identified carbon dioxide on the icy surface of Europa, which likely originated in the moon’s subsurface ocean. This discovery has important implications for the potential habitability of Europa’s ocean. The moon appears blue primarily because it is brighter at shorter infrared wavelengths. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, G. Villanueva (NASA/GSFC), S. Trumbo (Cornell Univ.), A. Pagan (STScI)

#space #science

This year marks the fourth anniversary since #Juneteenth became a ...

2025-06-19T12:00:36Z

This year marks the fourth anniversary since #Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021. Celebrate and learn more with the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture: nmaahc.si.edu/Juneteenth

#notjustaliens Dr. Dale Andersen’s research interests are the ...

2025-06-18T23:00:33Z

#notjustaliens

Dr. Dale Andersen’s research interests are the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the universe. He has been involved with NASA’s Exobiology and Astrobiology programs since the mid-1980s.

Dale is interested in locating, characterizing, and understanding environments where physical and chemical conditions approach or exceed the tolerances for life. This includes biogeochemical processes occurring in polar lakes, oceans, and springs.

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2025-06-18T20:00:42Z

https://gizmodo.com/what-whale-bubbles-can-teach-us-about-alien-communication-2000613600

“Because of current limitations on technology, an important assumption of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is that extraterrestrial intelligence and life will be interested in making contact and so target human receivers,” Laurance Doyle, SETI Institute scientist, said in an institute statement. “This important assumption is certainly supported by the independent evolution of curious behavior in humpback whales.”

#seti #whaleseti #ceti #science

#PPOD: NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover sees its tracks receding ...

2025-06-18T15:00:57Z

#PPOD: NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover sees its tracks receding into the distance at a site nicknamed “Ubajara.” At this site, Curiosity discovered siderite, a mineral that may help explain the fate of the planet’s thicker ancient atmosphere. Siderite is an iron carbonate mineral. Its discovery in rocks beneath the surface suggests that carbonate may be masked by other minerals in near-infrared satellite analysis. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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#PPOD: This Magellan full-resolution mosaic shows an area 160 ...

2025-06-13T15:01:06Z

#PPOD: This Magellan full-resolution mosaic shows an area 160 kilometers by 250 kilometers in the Eistla region of Venus. The prominent circular features are volcanic domes, 65 kilometers in diameter, with broad, flat tops less than one kilometer in height. Sometimes called 'pancake' domes, they represent a unique category of volcanic extrusions on Venus formed from viscous (sticky) lava. Credit: NASA/JPL

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#PPOD: Due to airglow, which is usually hard to see, the sky can ...

2025-06-12T15:01:02Z

#PPOD: Due to airglow, which is usually hard to see, the sky can glow like a giant rainbow. Disturbances like storms cause gravity waves, making airglow visible. The colors likely originate from various molecules: deep red from OH molecules at 87 km high, and orange and green from sodium and oxygen atoms higher up. This image was captured on Mount Pico in the Azores, Portugal, with Faial Island's lights in view. Credit: Miguel Claro | Dark Sky® Alqueva

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#PPOD: This stunning photograph of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), taken ...

2025-06-11T15:03:13Z

#PPOD: This stunning photograph of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), taken by Yuri Beletsky on 19 January from ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile, looks almost like a watercolour painting. The comet is next to one of the Auxiliary Telescopes of ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer. Credit: Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO

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Amateur radio operators can share vital information during a ...

2025-06-06T23:00:42Z

Amateur radio operators can share vital information during a hurricane. Shortwave radio was used to interface with the National Hurricane Center during Katrina, and is still used today. Ham radio operators talk "Hurricane Comms" on this week’s Big Picture Science #podcast.

Listen: https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/hurricane-comms

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#PPOD: Let's end the week with the early morning hues of an ...

2025-06-06T15:01:56Z

#PPOD: Let's end the week with the early morning hues of an orbital sunrise, as seen from the International Space Station on April 28, 2021, as it soared 425 kilometers above the China-Russia border in far eastern Asia near the Sea of Japan. Credit: NASA JSC

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#PPOD: Jupiter’s south pole, as seen by NASA’s Juno ...

2025-05-16T15:01:34Z

#PPOD: Jupiter’s south pole, as seen by NASA’s Juno spacecraft from an altitude of 52,000 kilometers. The oval features are cyclones, up to 1,000 kilometers in diameter. Multiple images taken with the JunoCam instrument on three separate orbits were combined to show all areas in daylight, enhanced color, and stereographic projection. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Betsy Asher Hall/Gervasio Robles

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#PPOD: Did you know that #Mars has an atmosphere? It's very ...

2025-05-13T15:02:55Z

#PPOD: Did you know that #Mars has an atmosphere? It's very thin and not breathable for humans, but it does have wind and can carry dust around the planet. This image, captured by ESA's Mars Express, shows that thin atmosphere, fading away into the darkness of space. Also shown is Promethei Terra, a large region to the east of the massive impact basin Hellas Planitia. Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY

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Proposed cuts to the NASA budget are the largest in the ...

2025-05-12T19:00:50Z

Proposed cuts to the NASA budget are the largest in the agency’s history. If approved, major programs to study exoplanets and to bring samples back from Mars would be cancelled. We look at “NASA Under the Axe” on Big Picture Science.

Listen here: https://bigpicturescience.org/episodes/nasa-under-the-axe

#podcast #science #nasa

#PPOD: Yes, you are seeing double in this beautiful photograph ...

2025-05-12T15:01:44Z

#PPOD: Yes, you are seeing double in this beautiful photograph from Josh Dury, taken last week from Mendip Hills in Somerset, UK. This particular phenomenon is called a parhelic circle—an optical phenomenon appearing as a white line at the same altitude as the Sun. Parhelic circles form as beams of sunlight are reflected by vertical or almost vertical hexagonal ice crystals. In rare instances, a complete circle stretches across the sky, which it did here. Credit: Josh Dury Photomedia

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#PPOD: Once again, photographer Andrew McCarthy has stunningly ...

2025-05-08T15:00:46Z

#PPOD: Once again, photographer Andrew McCarthy has stunningly captured the ISS transiting the Moon. He noted, "[There is] something so ethereal about seeing something we built juxtaposed against the grandeur of a celestial body." Credit: Andrew McCarthy

#space #photography

#PPOD: NASA’s JWST spacecraft has peered deep into yet another ...

2025-05-06T04:00:13Z

#PPOD: NASA’s JWST spacecraft has peered deep into yet another nebula to reveal star- and planet-forming processes previously invisible to us. The space telescope’s near-infrared camera captured this beautiful and intriguing image of star cluster NGC 346, showing clouds packed with dust and hydrogen—the building blocks of future worlds. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, O. Jones, G. De Marchi, and M. Meixner. Processing: A. Pagan, N. Habel, L. Lenkic and L. Chu

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#PPOD: Numerous holes in a Swiss cheese-like Martian landscape ...

2025-04-15T17:04:20Z

#PPOD: Numerous holes in a Swiss cheese-like Martian landscape reveal dusty, dark terrain beneath evaporating carbon dioxide ice. The most unusual hole, about 100 meters wide in the upper right, seems to penetrate to a lower level. Its existence and surrounding circular crater are speculated to be from a meteor impact. Credit: NASA, MRO, HiRISE, JPL, U. Arizona via APOD

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#PPOD: This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a wave ...

2025-04-10T17:02:02Z

#PPOD: This view from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows a wave structure in Saturn's rings known as the Janus 2:1 spiral density wave. As a result of the same process that creates spiral galaxies, spiral density waves in Saturn's rings are much more tightly wound. In this case, every second wave crest is the same spiral arm that has encircled the entire planet multiple times. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute/CICLOPS

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In the second episode of the second season of The Climate ...

2025-04-07T23:27:03Z

In the second episode of the second season of The Climate Chronicles, Escaping the Pleistocene, Professor Dagomar Degroot explores how climate change influenced humanity’s migration out of Africa and into lands no other hominin had been to before. Then, he investigates the worldwide wave of extinctions that coincided both with humanity’s dispersal around the world and with the extreme climatic upheavals of the late Pleistocene. Listen here: https://theclimatechronicles.com/2025/02/25/episode-8-the-sapien-shock/

#science #climatechange

#PPOD: NASA’s JWST has provided the clearest look yet at the ...

2025-04-04T17:18:19Z

#PPOD: NASA’s JWST has provided the clearest look yet at the iconic multi-planet system HR 8799. The colors in this image, which represent different wavelengths captured by Webb’s NIRCam, tell researchers about the temperatures and composition of the planets. HR 8799 b, which orbits around 6.3 billion miles from the star, is the coldest of the bunch and the richest in carbon dioxide. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Laurent Pueyo (STScI), William Balmer (JHU), Marshall Perrin (STScI)

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#PPOD: Two actively forming stars are responsible for the ...

2025-03-25T17:02:04Z

#PPOD: Two actively forming stars are responsible for the shimmering hourglass-shaped ejections of gas and dust that gleam in orange, blue, and purple in this representative color image captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. This star system, called Lynds 483, is named for American astronomer Beverly T. Lynds, who published extensive catalogs of “dark” and “bright” nebulae in the early 1960s. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI

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Do you love tardigrades? We love tardigrades! And thanks to ...

2025-03-19T22:10:06Z

Do you love tardigrades? We love tardigrades! And thanks to nearly 30,000 Danish schoolchildren and a citizen science project, we now have NINE new species of tardigrade to love. Congratulations!

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/nine-new-tardigrade-species-discovered-thanks-to-the-efforts-of-danish-schoolchildren-180986010/

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#PPOD: Mars’ moons trade places in the sky! ESA released these ...

2025-03-11T17:02:19Z

#PPOD: Mars’ moons trade places in the sky! ESA released these images from its Mars Express orbiter a few months ago. They capture Mars' potato-shaped moons, Phobos and Deimos, as Phobos crosses in front of (or occults) Deimos. Two different versions are included: one where Deimos holds still and one where Phobos does. The real time of the frames is about one minute and nine seconds. Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin / Andrea Luck (npub1zc8…nxvk)

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#PPOD: NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover spotted these finger-like ...

2025-03-04T18:02:03Z

#PPOD: NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover spotted these finger-like rocks with its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, on May 15, 2022, the mission's 3,474th Martian day, or sol. These rocks likely formed as groundwater trickled through rock in the ancient past, depositing mineral cements over time. When the rock was exposed to the atmosphere many years later, wind eroded the softer material around the cemented portions. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

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#PPOD: This stunning new mosaic of images from the JWST showcases ...

2025-02-24T20:17:25Z

#PPOD: This stunning new mosaic of images from the JWST showcases the nearby star-forming cluster, NGC 1333. The nebula is in the Perseus molecular cloud and located approximately 960 light-years away. The center of the image presents a deep peek into the heart of the NGC 1333 cloud. Across the image, we see large patches of orange, which represent gas glowing in the infrared. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Scholz, K. Muzic, A. Langeveld, R. Jayawardhana

#space #science #scicomm

Search for ET Highlighted in Free eBook: ...

2025-02-12T00:27:00Z

Search for ET Highlighted in Free eBook: https://www.leonarddavid.com/search-for-et-highlighted-in-free-ebook/

A signal is detected from other star folks. But what happens now?

The International Academy of Astronautics has outlined protocols for what to do if we discover extraterrestrials.

If you’re curious about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, download a free eBook produced by the SETI Institute.

#seti #bookstadon #science

Researchers used a theoretical, modeling-based method, and this ...

2025-02-03T20:05:01Z

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Researchers used a theoretical, modeling-based method, and this study is the first to analyze multiple types of technosignatures together rather than separately. The findings revealed that radio signals, such as planetary radar emissions from the former Arecibo Observatory, are Earth’s most detectable technosignatures, potentially visible from up to 12,000 light-years away.

Full press release: https://www.seti.org/press-release/earth-detecting-earth

PRESS RELEASE: A research team led by Dr. Sofia Sheikh of the ...

2025-02-03T20:05:01Z

PRESS RELEASE: A research team led by Dr. Sofia Sheikh of the SETI Institute, in collaboration with the Characterizing Atmospheric Technosignatures project and the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center, set out to answer a simple question: If an extraterrestrial civilization existed with technology similar to ours, would they be able to detect Earth and evidence of humanity? If so, what signals would they detect, and from how far away? https://youtu.be/Pdg2x3NP2ds

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2025-01-21T00:27:00Z

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/01/19/seti-scientist-to-discuss-extraterrestrials-at-milpitas-library/

Dr. Pascal Lee, a planetary scientist with the SETI Institute, will discuss whether we are alone in the universe at a Silicon Valley Reads program set for Feb. 1, 2-3 p.m., at the Milpitas Library.

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#PPOD: New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) ...

2025-01-08T18:19:55Z

#PPOD: New Horizons' Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) captured this image of the icy moon Europa rising above Jupiter's cloud tops on February 28, 2007, six hours after the spacecraft's closest approach to Jupiter. When the picture was taken, the spacecraft was 2.3 million kilometers from Jupiter and 3 million kilometers from Europa, which has a diameter of 3,120 kilometers. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

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#PPOD: Etna from ISS Etna is a stratovolcano in Sicily, Italy, ...

2024-12-24T18:02:03Z

#PPOD: Etna from ISS

Etna is a stratovolcano in Sicily, Italy, that has erupted intermittently for hundreds of thousands of years. Eruptions have been documented as early as 1500 BCE. In February 2022, while onboard the International Space Station, ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer captured this image of a plume of smoke wafting from the peak. The volcano was still erupting as recently as November 2024.

Credit: NASA/ESA/Matthias Maurer

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2024-12-20T21:32:00Z

https://astrobiology.com/2024/12/dale-andersens-astrobiology-antarctic-research-permafrost-and-ground-ice-conditions-in-the-untersee-oasis-queen-maud-land-east-antarctica-paper.html

Knowledge of Antarctic permafrost is mainly derived from the Antarctic Peninsula and Victoria Land. This study examines the 2019–2023 temperature and humidity conditions, distribution and development of polygonal terrain and the origin of ground ice in soils of the Untersee Oasis. This paper is part of the ongoing published research that has resulted from this multi-year exploration of the Untersee Oasis.

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#PPOD: Planetary Conjunction What a beautiful conjunction of ...

2024-12-20T18:54:35Z

#PPOD: Planetary Conjunction

What a beautiful conjunction of three planets over the Pacific: Venus (the brightest), Jupiter (second brightest, below), and Mercury (far left) are all together glowing in the dusk. In the foreground, you can see a foggy valley in the Atacama desert, with clouds covering the ocean in the distance. Taken in 2017.

Credit: Yuri Beletsky

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#PPOD: Wallpaper Wednesday - Europa NASA's Galileo spacecraft ...

2024-12-18T19:41:41Z

#PPOD: Wallpaper Wednesday - Europa

NASA's Galileo spacecraft imaged a portion of the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa on Dec. 16, 1997. This picture uses the monochrome raw image data with color synthesized to approximate natural hues. West on Europa is toward the top. Definitely need a 4-wheel drive for this one, but what an amazing landscape!

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Processing: J. Major

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#PPOD: Pile of Mars Rocks Well, there are well-ordered ...

2024-12-16T19:57:57Z

#PPOD: Pile of Mars Rocks

Well, there are well-ordered sedimentary layers, and there is whatever this is -- a nice pile of rocks that looks too chaotic to be an eroded lava flow. Perhaps this pile is part of an impact crater ejecta deposit. We'll soon know what it is, as this is one of the newest images captured by NASA's Perseverance rover on 12/12/24 at Jezero crater.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Paul Byrne

#PPOD: There is really something special about this image of ...

2024-12-13T05:14:14Z

#PPOD: There is really something special about this image of Tethys, a small moon of Saturn. The crescent view is very poetic. The tiny world (mean diameter 533 km) is lit by sunlight on the right and Saturnshine on the night side. Captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on August 3, 2005. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/J. Major

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#PPOD: NASA's Juno spacecraft took this image of #Io in ...

2024-12-10T18:02:03Z

#PPOD: NASA's Juno spacecraft took this image of #Io in September 2023. The volcano in the middle is Zal Patera. The lava flow on the left side is the western portion of Tonatiuh. Shockingly, this image was not captured with #JunoCam, as most others were. Juno's Stellar Reference Unit star camera, a high-sensitivity star tracker, took it. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI

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2024-12-04T00:27:03Z

https://sfstandard.com/2024/12/01/alien-conferences-seti-sol-foundation/
The [SETI Institute's 40th anniversary] celebration featured an award honoring Jill Tarter, one of SETI’s founding members and a legend in the fields of astrobiology and space engineering. Tarter was doing SETI research for NASA until the 1980s when a few senators yanked the funding, and she split off with a colleague to form the SETI Institute. The nonprofit based in Mountain View still gets about two-thirds of its funding through NASA.

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Today marks the 40th anniversary🎉 of the SETI Institute, which ...

2024-11-20T18:10:55Z

Today marks the 40th anniversary🎉 of the SETI Institute, which was incorporated as a non-profit research institution in the state of California on this day in 1984!

What an extraordinary history the Institute has had and what amazing discoveries and new understandings have been achieved, together with impactful and important education and outreach programs.

Here’s to the next 40 years and the extraordinary knowledge and discoveries yet to come!

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