Join us September 16 from 3-5 PM ET on Webex for the 2024 Planetary Science Early Career Award Showcase, featuring talks from selected investigators from ROSES-2024. Speakers will highlight projects […]
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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 […]
NASA Space Apps Challenge 2026
The annual NASA Space Apps Challenge provides the opportunity to engage directly with NASA’s data, along with Space Agency Partner data. During the two-day hackathon, teams use this data to […]
![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 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.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Citizen Science / Open Science, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Interstellar, Status Report, Stellar Cartography
Three Thousand Motion-Confirmed L and T Dwarf Candidates From The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Project
The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project uses data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer to detect infrared objects with significant motion.
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Citizen Science / Open Science, Comets and Asteroids, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Interstellar, Press Release
How Open NASA Data on Comet 3I/ATLAS Will Power Tomorrow’s Discoveries
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will soon leave our solar system, never to return, but the observations of the comet will live on in NASA’s public data archives. More than a […]
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Citizen Science / Open Science, Commercial & Private Sector, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology & SynBio, Origin & Evolution of Life, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Status Report
With Evo 2, AI Can Model And Design The Genetic Code For All Domains Of Life
The DNA foundation model Evo 2, first released in February 2025 as a preprint, is now published in the journal Nature. Trained on the DNA of over 100,000 species across […]
Posted inAI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Astropharmacy / Biotechnology, Commercial & Private Sector, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Habitable Zones, Life Support Systems, Microbiology & Virology, Microgravity, Press Release, Sample Return, Space Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine, Space Stations
Rethinking The Microbial Future of Space Travel
University of Houston microbiologist Madhan Tirumalai is part of NASA’s Analysis Working Groups (AWG) and co-author of a review paper published Jan. 22 in npj Biofilms Microbiomes. The group’s microbes […]