Registration & Abstract Submission NASA’s Cosmic Origins Program is excited to invite you to the second Early Career Workshop, designed to support and empower the next generation of astrophysics leaders […]
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![The four pillars of cross-survey science infrastructure. Each is specified by community studies and demonstrated in prototype; none is currently funded or owned as a shared capability. -- [astro-ph.IM]](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/The-Cross-Survey.png?resize=1200%2C721&ssl=1)
Posted inReports, Roadmaps, & Plans
The Cross-Survey Decade: A Call to Action
[astro-ph.IM] By 2027, three flagship wide-field surveys will be operating simultaneously from ground and space, observing overlapping sky and representing more than $6 billion in US and European public investment.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes
The Research Impact Of The Jodrell Bank Observatory And Other Facilities Affected By The UK Science Funding Cuts In 2025
[astro-ph.IM] The United Kingdom Research and Innovation body and the Science and Technology Facilities Council recently announced funding cuts to facilities at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, specifically the e-MERLIN network […]
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 inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics
The Role Of Artificial Intelligence In The SKA Era
[astro-ph.IM] The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) will usher in an era of unprecedented data complexity and scientific opportunity in radio astronomy, producing petabyte-scale datasets and terabit-per-second streams that challenge […]
Posted inSETI & Technosignatures
Searching For Extraterrestrial Intelligence With The SKA
[astro-ph.IM] The search for technosignatures (also known as the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence or SETI) depends critically on our ability to distinguish artificial signals from the rich complexity of natural […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Astronomy & Telescopes, Policy, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans
Input Sought: Review of Progress Toward the Decadal Survey Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s
The National Academies’ decadal survey, Pathways to Discovery in Astronomy and Astrophysics for the 2020s (Astro2020), identifies the most compelling science challenges and frontiers in astronomy and astrophysics and presents […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Status Report
Planetary Tomography: Towards Imaging Earth’s Large-scale Structures By Directional Geoneutrino Detection With Ocean Bottom Detector
Editor’s note: when we start to examine other worlds more closely we are going to need tools that allow us to get the best possible understanding of those worlds’ construction […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Interstellar, Press Release, Stellar Cartography
An Archival Summary: 15 Years Of ALMA Observations On Disks And Planet Formation
The Atacama Large (sub-)millimeter Array (ALMA) has been in scientific operations for almost 15 years.
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report, Stellar Cartography
Stellar Population Astrophysics (SPA) With The TNG. CNO Abundances In 28 Open Clusters
Aims. Our main aim with this work was to enlarge the pool of open clusters with determined carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen abundances in evolved giants to further advance chemical clocks […]