[Dale Andersen]: The 787 Dreamliner rolled to a stop far out on the apron, as the big jets often do here, and I climbed down into a gray afternoon and […]
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Posted inDale Andersen's Field Reports
Astrobiologist Dale Andersen’s Antarctic Field Report: Preview: Fall 2026 Lake Untersee Field Season
Keith’s note: Dale Andersen is preparing for his second expedition to Lake Untersee, Antarctica for 2026. The first 2026 Field season at Lake Untersee was conducted from January – March […]
ScienceKind: Anomalous Variability with Space Telescopes
Speaker: Ann Marie Cody, research scientist, SETI Institute Carl Sagan Center When: Wednesday 9 December 2026, 9:30am Pacific, 12:30pm Eastern, 5:30pm UK Where: online, Zoom Webinars. Free. Register at www.sciencekind.com […]
Posted inAtmospheres, Climate, Weather
Where Does Earth’s Nitrogen Go? Two Atoms Offer A Clue
[Science] Nitrogen is one of life’s building blocks, but it’s only helpful in the right amounts. Too much nitrogen in water, for example, can lead to poor water quality and […]
SETI Live: Alien Tech In Moondust?
Could evidence of ancient alien technology be hiding in Moon dust? Researchers are proposing a new way to search for technosignatures: examine lunar regolith for microscopic pieces of engineered material […]
Space Robotics Workshop at IROS 2026
As robotics and AI become increasingly important to how we explore, build, operate, and conduct science beyond Earth, support like this helps us bring together the space and robotics communities […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general)
The SETI Institute And ETH Zurich Join Forces To Search For The Origin Of Life
[SETI Institute]. The question of how life originated and whether it exists elsewhere in the universe has fascinated humanity for centuries. Now, ETH Zurich and the SETI Institute in California […]
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets
JWST Reveals A Race Against Time For Forming Planets
[SETI Institute] Planets form from disks of gas and dust around young stars, but the gas needed for growth does not last forever. New observations from NASA’s James Webb Space […]
Posted inMissions & Hardware
Planetary Recon: Interworld Slingshot Resource Surveys
[NASA] This proposal explores a new class of reconnaissance spacecraft that map minerals from orbit using Raman spectroscopy during high-speed flybys–without landing, sample return, or extended dwell. Editor’s note: for […]
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets
Welcoming The Virtual Planetary Laboratory To Its New Home At The SETI Institute
[SETI Institute] The Virtual Planetary Laboratory (VPL), one of NASA’s flagship astrobiology research teams, has officially moved its institutional home to the SETI Institute. In 2026 the VPL will also […]