[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 […]
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Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Career Opportunities, Education and Outreach, Missions & Hardware, People Of Astrobiology, Status Report
Embedding Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the WST Collaboration
The proposed Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) is a next-generation telescope facility with a 12-meter primary mirror that may be operational in the 2040s.
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Career Opportunities, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Status Report
Rocky Worlds DDT Community Involvement Initiative (CII)
The Rocky Worlds DDT Core Implementation Team is pleased to announce the launch of a new, community-led effort to enable collaboration and coordination around Rocky Worlds DDT science: the Rocky […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Citizen Science / Open Science, Education and Outreach, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
NWA Citizen Science Call 2026 (Astrobiology, Origin of life, Biosignatures)
Dear all, We would like to draw your attention to the NWA Citizen Science Call 2026. This call offers citizen collectives the opportunity to investigate a societal question together with […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Career Opportunities, Courses, Education and Outreach, NASA Astrobiology Program, Status Report
Designing Digital Education Outreach for Astrobiology: You Are Not Alone
The NASA-funded Infiniscope project is developing a new technology-enabled framework to empower education outreach by astrobiologists, aligned with NASA planetary exploration missions.
Posted inCareer Opportunities, Conferences and Meetings, Education and Outreach, NASA Astrobiology Program, People Of Astrobiology, Status Report
Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Fund Spring 2026 Travel Grant Announced
The Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Fund is pleased to announce the Spring 2026 Travel Grant application opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing studies in fields of space science and […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Career Opportunities, Conferences and Meetings, Courses, Education and Outreach, Status Report
2026 NASA Planetary Science Summer School (PSSS)
Now through March 23, 2026, NASA is encouraging applications for its 38th Annual Planetary Science Summer School.
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Career Opportunities, Education and Outreach, Status Report
Exploring The Diversity Within EANA And AbGradE As Mirror Of The European Astrobiology Community
Since its foundation in 2001, EANA (European Astrobiology Network Association, http://www.eana-net.eu/) has organized annual meetings to foster and strengthen the astrobiology community within Europe. The growth of the European astrobiology […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Career Opportunities, Education and Outreach, NASA Astrobiology Program, Science Fiction, Societal Issues, Status Report
Birdy X AbGradCon 2025
Editor’s note: from the issue 138.5 special edition of Birdy Magazine: “We are proud and honored to collaborate with Birdy Magazine on this science-meets-art issue, created as part of the […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Citizen Science / Open Science, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report
Three New Light Curves and Updated Transit Timings of WASP-135 b
We present updated transit timing measurements for the hot Jupiter WASP-135 b using three new ground-based transit observations obtained with Leia, a 0.6-meter telescope operated by NASA’s Exoplanet Watch at […]