![A comparison of the dominant heating and cooling mechanism for different times and at the time of the maximum temperature. Each model is started at 𝑇 = 10 K. -- [astro-ph.GA]](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/UCLCHEM.png?resize=1200%2C716&ssl=1)
[astro-ph.GA] Astrochemical modeling is a key tool for the understanding of the formation and destruction of molecules in the dense gas of the interstellar medium, as observed by modern day […]
Citizen Science / Open Science
Posted inEducation and Outreach
NASA Exoplanet Explorers (ExoExplorers) Applications Due on Thursday 15 October
[NASA] The Exoplanet Explorers (ExoExplorers) Science Series, sponsored by the ExoPAG Executive Committee and the NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program, aims to enable the professional development of a cohort of PhD […]
Posted inEducation and Outreach
Registration is Now Open for the 2026 NASA Space Apps Challenge
[NASA SMD]. Discovery awaits at the 2026 NASA Space Apps Challenge: The Next Frontier! Registration is now open for this year’s hackathon, held on November 14-15, 2026. The Space Apps […]
![Left panel: Image of the episodic wide-angle tailed radio galaxy (RGZ J082312.9+033301) discovered by the RGZ project from Banfield et al. (2016). Right Panel: A HyMoRS from the same RGZ project displaying FR-I nature on the southern and clear edge-brightened FR-II nature on the northern side from Kapińska et al. (2017). -- [astro-ph.GA]](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Citizen-Science.png?resize=1200%2C719&ssl=1)
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Citizen Science Research With The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO)
[astro-ph.GA] Over the past two decades, internet-enabled citizen science research (CSR) has contributed to significant discoveries while involving millions of people in the research process.
Posted inCitizen Science / Open Science
Open Science in Astrophysics: Citation Benefits of Open Code, Open Data, and Open Access
[astro-ph.IM] We analyze the relationship between open-accessibility in data, code, and paper text in astrophysics using a sample of 53,194 peer reviewed papers published between January 2021 and April 2025, […]
Posted inCourses
Deep Learning for Astrophysics: An Open Textbook from the NASA Cosmic Origins AI/ML Science and Technology Interest Group
[astro-ph.IM] The astronomical community’s ability to use modern machine learning shapes the science return of upcoming facilities.
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NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Binaries Project
Some stars have planets. Others are orbited by brown dwarfs, balls of gas too massive to be planets, but too low-mass to be stars. Astronomers love these brown dwarf-star pairs […]
Posted inTricorders & Sensors
How To Actually Build Your Own Working Tricorder
Editor’s note: Hamzah Abugosh has built a functional tricorder. I share the same fascination he has with the notion of a Tricorder as seen on Star Trek since I was […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Citizen Science / Open Science, Education and Outreach, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
NWA Citizen Science Call 2026 (Astrobiology, Origin of life, Biosignatures)
Dear all, We would like to draw your attention to the NWA Citizen Science Call 2026. This call offers citizen collectives the opportunity to investigate a societal question together with […]
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Astronomy & Telescopes, Citizen Science / Open Science, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Status Report
Rocky Worlds DDT Data Challenge Is Now Open
The Rocky Worlds DDT Core Implementation Team (CIT) is pleased to announce that the Rocky Worlds DDT Data Challenge is now open.