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Imaginary depiction of an astrobiologist using a future STELLA device on a distant habitable world -- Astrobiology.com/Grok INSET: An example STELLA is shown here during a summer 2023 field-testing session outside the lab in a meadow on the campus of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Sophia Rentschler

Analog Studies, Artemis & Lunar Exploration, Astrobiology (general), Astrogeology, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Away Teams & Field Reports, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Citizen Science / Open Science, Courses, Education and Outreach, Exploration Gear & Tech, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Missions & Hardware, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Sample Return, Space Life Science, Tricorders & Sensors

Tricorder Tech For Everyone: NASA’s STELLA Open Science Instrument

by Keith CowingJanuary 5, 2026June 26, 2026

Editor’s note: NASA has just authored a paper on a new way for people with a wide variety of interests to use – and build – sensor technology that is […]

The RGZ EMU workflow asks citizen scientists to identify radio sources and their host galaxies, and to classify them using simple descriptive tags. These results will be feed into active learning pipelines, improving automated cataloguing of complex radio sources. -- astro-ph.GA

AI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Astronomy & Telescopes, Citizen Science / Open Science, Education and Outreach, Status Report, Stellar Cartography

Radio Galaxy Zoo EMU: Harnessing Citizen Science and AI to Advance Open Science Catalogues

by Keith CowingSeptember 29, 2025September 28, 2025

Over the past decades, significant efforts have been devoted to developing sophisticated algorithms for automatically identifying and classifying radio sources in large surveys.

RGZ EMU user interface and its 3-step workflow setup. The first 2 steps (in blue color) of the workflow is compulsary, while the third (in green color) is optional. -- astro-ph.IM

AI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Astronomy & Telescopes, Citizen Science / Open Science, Press Release

Radio Galaxy Zoo: EMU — Paving The Way For EMU Cataloging Using AI And Citizen Science

by Keith CowingJune 30, 2025June 28, 2025

The Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) survey with ASKAP is transforming our understanding of radio galaxies, AGN duty cycles, and cosmic structure.

An example screenshot of the workflow and interface of Exogram EB vetting, enabling rapid image classification. -- astro-ph.SR

Citizen Science / Open Science, Education and Outreach, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report

Citizen Science: The TESS Ten Thousand Catalog

by Keith CowingJune 9, 2025

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has surveyed nearly the entire sky in Full-Frame Image mode with a time resolution of 200 seconds to 30 minutes and a temporal baseline […]

AI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Astrobiology (general), Citizen Science / Open Science, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, NASA Astrobiology Program, Reports, Roadmaps, & Plans, Status Report

The Astrobiology Data Ecosystem, Open Science, And The AI Era – NASA-DARES 2025 White Paper

by Keith CowingMay 24, 2025January 14, 2026

DARES Alignment · Primary Topic: Identify Emerging Themes and Technologies· Secondary Topic(s): Review Recent Advancements, Strengthen Community

Web application rendering of a 3D model of HI gas in HCG16 observed by MeerKAT. Three out of eight iso-surfaces are displayed along an optical image from DSS2 Blue. Markers for galaxies are shown at positions obtained from a catalogue as well as a tube highlighting a tidal tail. This visualisation has been made online accessing the 3D visualisation service through the DaCHS archive. -- astro-ph.IM

AI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Astronomy & Telescopes, Citizen Science / Open Science, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Mapping, Geodesy, Cartography, Bathymetry, Status Report, Stellar Cartography

3D Radio Data Visualisation In Open Science Platforms For Next-generation Observatories

by Keith CowingMarch 24, 2025March 24, 2025

Next-generation telescopes will bring groundbreaking discoveries but they will also present new technological challenges. The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) will be one of the most demanding scientific infrastructures, with […]

Overview of model architecture, training procedure, datasets, and evaluations for Evo 2.

AI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Biochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Biophysics, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Citizen Science / Open Science, Commercial & Private Sector, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Nanotechnology & SynBio, Status Report

Genome Modeling And Design Across All Domains Of Life With Evo 2

by Keith CowingFebruary 21, 2025March 7, 2026

All of life encodes information with DNA. While tools for sequencing, synthesis, and editing of genomic code have transformed biological research, intelligently composing new biological systems would also require a […]

GeneLab for Colleges and Universities (GL4U)

Career Opportunities, Citizen Science / Open Science, Conferences and Meetings, Courses, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Gravitational Biology, NASA Astrobiology Program, Plant Biology, Space Life Science, Space Physiology & Medicine, Status Report

Explore Space Biology Data and Tools with GL4U On-Demand Courses

by Keith CowingJanuary 8, 2025January 8, 2025

NASA GeneLab’s GeneLab for Colleges and Universities (GL4U) initiative is revolutionizing how students and researchers access space biology education. Now, with the launch of its On-Demand Intro and RNAseq Courses, […]

AI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Status Report, Video, Audio, Webcasts, Podcasts

NASA GeneLab Chats With Dr Amanda Saravia-Butler: NASA GeneLab Transcriptomic Datasets

by Keith CowingJuly 26, 2024July 26, 2024

Welcome to the “GeneLab Chats” series, a platform designed for insightful discussions with authors of GeneLab-enabled publications.

AI - Data - Apps - Cybernetics, Citizen Science / Open Science, Missions & Hardware, Status Report

Enabling Data Discovery With The Astrobiology Resource Metadata Standard

by Keith CowingFebruary 26, 2024February 25, 2024

As scientific investigations increasingly adopt Open Science practices, reuse of data becomes paramount. However, despite decades of progress in internet search tools, finding relevant astrobiology datasets for an envisioned investigation […]

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Tricorder Tech For Everyone: NASA’s STELLA Open Science Instrument

Radio Galaxy Zoo EMU: Harnessing Citizen Science and AI to Advance Open Science Catalogues

Radio Galaxy Zoo: EMU — Paving The Way For EMU Cataloging Using AI And Citizen Science

Citizen Science: The TESS Ten Thousand Catalog

The Astrobiology Data Ecosystem, Open Science, And The AI Era – NASA-DARES 2025 White Paper

3D Radio Data Visualisation In Open Science Platforms For Next-generation Observatories

Genome Modeling And Design Across All Domains Of Life With Evo 2

Explore Space Biology Data and Tools with GL4U On-Demand Courses

NASA GeneLab Chats With Dr Amanda Saravia-Butler: NASA GeneLab Transcriptomic Datasets

Enabling Data Discovery With The Astrobiology Resource Metadata Standard

NASA SMD ROSES-25 Amendment 68: New Opportunity: D.8 Habitable Worlds Observatory Precursor Science Investigations [UPDATE 2]

RED26 Astrobiology Lectures Are Now Online

The Refractory Fraction Of Phosphorus In Planet-forming Discs

Atmosphere Detected On The Coldest Lava World To Date

Thermal Anomaly Discovered Below Mars’s South Pole