This ExoExplorers program, sponsored by NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program Office and the ExoPAG Executive Committee, will focus on the professional development of ~10 graduate student and/or postdoc researchers (“ExoExplorers”) by […]
Education and Outreach
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“Astrobiyoloji: Evrendeki Yaşamı Anlamak” by Charles Cockell
[Türkçe] “Astrobiyoloji: Evrendeki Yaşamı Anlamak” by Charles Cockell: “Evrenimizdeki kozmik ortam içerisinde yaşamı ele alan Astrobiyoloji, konuyu hakkını vererek anlatmak için astronomi, biyoloji, kimya, jeoloji, gezegen bilimi, fizik, sosyal bilimler […]
![Responses to questions regarding the impact on ECRs being impacted by government funding delays, and responses broken down by career level. Every group indicated > 50% of being impacted (PhD student 64%, Postdoc 76%, Junior Faculty 71%, Junior scientist 100%, and Other 62%) -- [astro-ph.IM]](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/The-Early.png?resize=1200%2C506&ssl=1)
Posted inCareer Opportunities
The Early Career Astrobiology Workforce Under Strain Survey Evidence From 2025-2026
[astro-ph.IM] A survey of self identified early career astrobiologists was organized by the NOW early career group FLOW and the Scientific Society of Astrobiology.
Posted inArtemis & Lunar Exploration
Offworld Science Training: From Lava Fields To Antarctica, Students Pave The Way For Artemis Moon Missions
[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa] The Artemis missions will return human beings to the surface of the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years. This next generation […]
![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)
Posted inCitizen Science / Open Science
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 inNASA Astrobiology Program
New Deadline For NASA Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) Announcement for Partnership Proposals (AFPP)
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD), Astrobiology Program, is pleased to extend the deadline for the Announcement for Partnership Proposals (AFPP): Astrobiology Science Conference (NNH26ZDA009L) on the NASA Solicitation and Proposal […]
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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 inEducation and Outreach
Bridging Astrobiology Research and Education Through Interactive Learning Frameworks
[USRA/LPSC] Enhancing public understanding of astrobiology is essential for inspiring future scientists and fostering engagement with NASA’s exploration missions. Motivated to answer one of humanity’s most profound questions–“Are we alone?”–the […]
Posted inNASA Astrobiology Program
Collaborating With Artists In The Search For Life
[astro-ph.IM] Art and science collaborations that go beyond outreach and advertisement in service of science have the potential to unlock new ways of seeing and understanding the Universe that science […]
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.