This is not Sietch Tabr On Arrakis. It is the Rihat Structure, also known as the Eye of the Sahara – on our home world, Earth.
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Tricorder Tech: A Highly Capable Language Model Locally On Your Phone
Editor’s note: you can never seem to have too much access to data when you are on an Away Team out in the middle of nowhere. The further afield you […]
Posted inAlpha Centauri, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Gas Giants, Science Fiction, Status Report
Stability of the Potential Super Jupiter in Alpha Centauri System
The stability of potential exoplanets in binary star systems remains a critical challenge in celestial mechanics.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Press Release, Science Fiction
Star Trek’s “Vulcan” aka HD 26965 b – Thought To Orbit 40 Eridani A – Is Not A Planet After All
A planet thought to orbit the star 40 Eridani A – host to Mr. Spock’s fictional home planet, Vulcan, in the “Star Trek” universe – is really a kind of […]
![[Left] NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its Right Mastcam-Z camera on April 9, 2024 (Sol 1115) at the local mean solar time of 12:03:55. Larger image [Right] this image using its Left Mastcam-Z camera on April 9, 2024 (Sol 1115) at the local mean solar time of 12:03:54. Larger image. Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU [Larger version of both images]](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AstrobiologySymbols.png?resize=1200%2C716&ssl=1)
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Education and Outreach, Exploration Gear & Tech, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Intelligence & Language, Mars, Missions & Hardware, Origin & Evolution of Life, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Science Fiction, Societal Issues
There Are Astrobiology Emojis On A Droid Driving Around Mars
Editor’s note: In case you have not spent time going through the torrent of images from the two NASA Astrobiology Mars Rovers currently in operation, there’s one feature on Mars […]
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Press Release, Science Fiction, Societal Issues
Researchers Envision Sci-fi Worlds Involving Changes To Earth’s Atmospheric Water Cycle
Human activity is changing the way water flows between the Earth and atmosphere in complex ways and with likely long-lasting consequences that are hard to picture.
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Dale Andersen's Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Science Fiction
That Time Star Trek Tents Were Actually Used In Antarctica
Editor’s note: In the Star Trek Strange New Worlds Second Season episode “Under The Cloak of War” there are battle scenes that feature military base with a lot of tents. […]
Posted inHabitable Zones, Press Release, Science Fiction, SETI & Technosignatures, Societal Issues
From Tatooine To Reality
An astronomy lesson on binary stars could begin with a series of complex diagrams and data, or with a clip from the movie Star Wars where Luke Skywalker looks up […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Press Release, Science Fiction
The Search For More Temperate Tatooines
Luke Skywalker’s childhood might have been slightly less harsh if he’d grown up on a more temperate Tatooine — like the ones identified in a new, Yale-led study.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Gaia - Planetary Perspectives, Magnetic Fields, Electromagnetism, bioelectricity,, Science Fiction, Status Report
Stellar Cartography: Using A Forest As A Neutrino Detector
The primary challenge in detecting ultrahigh energy (UHE) neutrinos with energies exceeding 1016 eV is to instrument a large enough volume to detect the extremely low flux, which falls as […]