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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 9 January 2026: Building Our New Storage Facility

by Keith Cowing

Hi Keith, we had another busy day moving and sorting gear. We hope to wrap that up tomorrow, and if everything comes together, we will head out on the traverse […]

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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 7 January 2026: Arrival In Antarctica

by Keith Cowing

Keith’s note: I got this update by text from Dale early this morning:

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Dale Andersen’s Astrobiology Antarctic Status Report: 6 January 2026: Flying South to Antarctica

by Keith Cowing

Keith’s note: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen is heading back in Antarctica at Lake Untersee in January-February 2026 for another field season of research. Update: Dale and team have landed. Picture below.

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen’s Antarctic Field Report: 5 January 2026: Preparing to Leave Cape Town For The Ice

by Keith Cowing

Keith The team and all of our gear and cargo made it to Cape Town, which feels especially welcoming right now—warm, bright, and easy to settle into. Over Table Mountain, […]

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A Search For Radio Technosignatures From Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS With The Allen Telescope Array

by Keith Cowing

In 2025 July, the third-ever interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, was discovered on its ingress into the Solar System. Similar to the NASA Voyager missions sent in 1977, science probes by extraterrestrial […]

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Breakthrough Listen Observations Of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS

by Keith Cowing

The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1, 2025. There is currently no evidence to suggest that it is anything other than a natural astrophysical object. However, given the […]

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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen’s Antarctic Field Report: Preview: 2026 Lake Untersee Field Season

by Keith Cowing

Keith’s note: Astrobiologist Dale Andersen will be back in Antarctica at Lake Untersee from early January through the end of February 2026 for another field season of research, leading an […]

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Revolutionary AI System Achieves 600× Speed Breakthrough in Detection of Signals from Space

by Keith Cowing

In an exciting leap forward for astronomy, researchers at the Breakthrough Listen initiative, in partnership with NVIDIA, have achieved a groundbreaking advancement in the search for Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs), […]

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