For planet hunters, this has been a bountiful year. A team lead of astronomers at the SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center have used data from NASA’s Kepler space […]
SETI Institute
Posted inAstrobiology (general), SETI & Technosignatures
Seth Shostak: Using Radio in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
The question of whether we share the universe with other intelligent beings is of long standing. Written speculation on this subject stretches back to the classical Greeks, and it hardly […]
Posted inSETI & Technosignatures
Tom Pierson
SETI Institute Founding CEO Tom Pierson has left our planet. Learn more about his life here. Ad Astra, Tom. “Under Pierson’s guidance, the Institute grew from a tiny, narrowly focused […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs
Zoe Robot Searches for Subsurface 'Martian' Life in Chilean Desert
The autonomous, solar-powered Zoe, which became the first robot to map microbial life during a 2005 field expedition in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is heading back to the world’s driest desert […]
Posted inAstrobiology (general), Education and Outreach
2013 Astrobiology Summer Science Experience for Teachers
The 2013 Astrobiology Summer Science Experience for Teachers, or ASSET, is being held July 29 – Aug. 2, 2013, at San Francisco State University. ASSET will feature presentations by leading […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, Status Report
Away Team Report: Haughton Mars Project – Sea-Ice Traverse Mission Completed
An international team of researchers led by Mars Institute scientist Dr. Pascal Lee successfully reached Devon Island, High Arctic, on Sunday, 16 May, 2010 after a 13-day, 150 km vehicular […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Cryobiology, Dale Andersen's Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Icy Worlds, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Status Report, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Diving Through A Microbial Landscape in Lake Untersee, Antarctica
There’s not much in the ice-covered lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys to interest anglers looking to land the big one. But for scientists who want to know more about […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Exploration Gear & Tech, Icy Worlds, Missions & Hardware, Press Release, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs
Driving Across The Northwest Passage to Make Polar History
An international team of scientists has launched an expedition to drive the Northwest Passage on sea-ice this spring, marking the first time the Passage has ever been travelled in a […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments
Video and Live Webcams from Devon Island
Editor’s note: Three live webcams are now online at the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station on Devon Island: Webcam 1 |Webcam 2 | Webcam 3 Today’s video: Charles Cockell from Open […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Status Report
Keith Cowing’s Devon Island Journal – 27 July 2007: Polar Deserts and Global TV
3:00 pm EDT 27 July 2007 I am sitting in a Lincoln Towne Car limo headed home from downtown Washington, DC after spending half a day doing TV interviews at […]