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#PPOD: At first glance, this is just another image of Earth. But look closely, and you will be able to make out Proba-3’s Coronagraph spacecraft hiding in plain sight, covering parts of the Indonesian Archipelago to the right of the Indian Ocean’s vast expanse. 🧪 🔭
On @alpo-astronomy.bsky.social's The Observers Notebook this week is @allplanets.bsky.social — astronomer, planetary scientist, entrepreneur, and one of the leading voices in modern SETI research. 🧪 🔭 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYry...
The Observers Notebook- Franck Marchis: SETI, Exoplanets & The Search for Intelligent Life
Episode 240 Welcome to another episode of The Observers Notebook, the official podcast of the Association of Lunar & Planetary Observers — where we explore the Solar System and beyond, from…
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#PPOD: In this July 6, 2026, image, NASA’s JWST’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals the nearby galaxy Centaurus A, exposing the dusty structures and hidden activity that shape this unusual system. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
stiripesurse.ro spoke with Vishal Gajjar, Associate Director of International SETI Programs, and explored what scientists are actually looking for, whether humanity should actively transmit messages into space, and how we might respond if a signal were ever received. 🧪 Read more: buff.ly/MSrswmb
If a Signal Arrived From Another Civilization, Who Would Speak for Earth? Vishal Gajjar of the SETI Institute in Conversation With stiripesurse.ro
Interview by Dr. Adrian Leonard MociulschiThe question of whether we are alone in space has long belonged to philosophers, theologians and science-fiction writers. Today, it is also the subject of…
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Today's students are tomorrow's explorers. SkyMapper CEO @allplanets.bsky.social spoke with @setiinstitute.bsky.social REU students about our network, citizen science, and why some of the biggest breakthroughs begin by thinking differently. Here's to the next generation of space innovators. 🌌
In this episode of The Star River Podcast, host @astropotamus.com sits down with @chenoachem.bsky.social to explore the cutting edge of astrochemistry and the modern search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 Listen here: www.astropotamus.com/star-river/e...
Can a Star Make a Cookie? (And How We Search for Alien Tech) with Dr. Chenoa Tremblay
Can a star make a cookie and searching for techno and bio-signatures to find signs of extraterrestrial life.
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#PPOD: NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured these clouds just after sunset on March 19, 2021, the 3,063rd Martian day, or sol, of the rover's mission. The image is made up of 21 individual images stitched together and color corrected so that the scene appears as it would to the human eye. 🧪 🔭
The SETI Institute's Wow! Literary Award invites writers and poets working in literature, speculative fiction/sci-fi, experimental poetry, and philosophy to submit original, unpublished creative work that reflects and expands on the SETI Institute’s “Intelligence and Consciousness” research area...
#ICYMI: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches next month. Franck caught up with our own Dr. Maggie Turnbull to talk about the coronograph onboard, which could change exoplanetary science. Watch the full discussion: youtube.com/live/e42ZRBa... 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
Dr. Tom Esposito focuses on the architecture and evolution of exoplanetary systems and studies the structures of young solar systems through direct imaging of their circumstellar debris disks – rings of dust and ice that trace collisions among orbiting pebbles, boulders, and planetesimals. 🧪
In 1977, the detection of a brief radio signal prompted SETI astronomer Jerry Ehman to write a single word in the margin of a computer printout: "Wow!" Nearly fifty years later, the famous Wow! signal continues to capture our imagination... 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 🐡
In a recent SETI Live conversation, host Dr. Lauren Sgro spoke with UCLA astronomer emeritus Dr. Ben Zuckerman about his paper, Broadband Searches for Extraterrestrial Technological Intelligence: A New Strategy to Find Alien Civilizations. Learn more: www.seti.org/news/a-new-w...
A New Way to Search for Alien Civilizations
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#PPOD: NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory unveiled this new look at the galaxy NGC 4736, also known as Messier 94, on June 30, 2026. Messier 94 is a spiral galaxy with a bright inner ring, called a starburst ring, where new stars are forming... 🧪 🔭
The Virtual Planetary Laboratory (VPL), one of NASA's flagship astrobiology research teams, has officially moved its institutional home to the SETI Institute. We are thrilled to welcome @vpl-seti.bsky.social and introduce the many talented scientists and researchers who are now part of our team. 🧪 👩🔬
NASA's next great space telescope is almost ready to launch—and it has a remarkable trick. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will carry a powerful coronagraph, an instrument that blocks the light of distant stars so astronomers can directly observe the planets orbiting them. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬
#PPOD: Amateur astronomer Joël Lapointe was using Google Maps to plan a camping vacation in 2024 when he came across a feature in Quebec's Côte-Nord region that reminded him of an impact crater. 🧪
PRESS RELEASE Although the path of totality for the August 12 solar eclipse is thousands of miles away from California, Bay Area audiences can experience the event in a truly unique manner: set to a live musical performance by the International Space Orchestra (ISO)... 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 🐡
Seven ways of answering the biggest question there is: are we alone? Swipe through the types, then take the quiz to find yours. ››› Find the quiz at our #linkinbio. #AreWeAlone #FermiParadox #SETIInstitute #Space #Astronomy #Aliens #Science 🧪
#PPOD: Enjoy the stunning night sky above three of the Auxiliary Telescopes at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. It is one of the best places on Earth for astronomy observations, with the band of the Milky Way and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds visible to the unaided eye. Credit: ESO/N. Schafer 🧪 🔭
Art shapes space exploration just as space exploration shapes art—and that’s certainly true in the case of the Red Planet. Even as talk of a future crewed mission intensifies and the prospect seems more feasible, art continues to buoy such ideas and their implications, both real and fanciful. 🧪 🐡
What does it mean to the various scientists at the SETI Institute to “listen” to the universe? Remember, they don’t all audibly hear the universe; some see it, some measure vibrations, some create models, some feel like it’s learning an entirely new language. Let’s listen in... buff.ly/mrWbqqc 🧪 👩🔬
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#PPOD: This picture was published as part of a set on social media by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, with the caption: Day 157, orbit 2435 — The Moon has forever inspired, comforted and sparked curiosity. Fifty-seven years ago, the Apollo 11 crew took humanity's first steps on its surface. 🧪👩🔬
Thousands of people have reported sightings in Northern California. That number could soon go up. Plus, our CEO and President, Bill Diamond, is interviewed. 🧪 🛸 www.marinij.com/2026/07/24/t...
Bay Area UFO buffs assess declassification impact
Thousands of people have reported sightings in Northern California. That number could soon go up.
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They may be small, limbless, and blind, but earthworms play a critical role in soil ecology. These invertebrates are the backbone of modern ecology, and scientists are even listening to worms to monitor soil health. It's "Worms of Endearment" on @bipisci.bsky.social: bit.ly/4h2jsdP 🧪
#PPOD: This composite photo released on July 17, 2026, shows the crescent of Mars growing as NASA’s Psyche spacecraft approached the planet for a gravity assist. Psyche flew by Mars on May 15, 2026, using the planet’s gravity to gain speed and slightly tilt its trajectory. 🧪 🔭
#ICYMI: On this week's #SETILive, Simon and Pascal celebrated the 50th anniversary of NASA's Viking 1 lander touching down on #Mars, and they talked about the controversial Labeled Release experiment results and the possibility that we found life. Watch the full conversation: buff.ly/x1qZ5dc 🧪
Dr. Simon George is a bioinorganic chemist who studies how living organisms use metals to power essential biological processes. His research explores how metal-containing proteins and enzymes work, how they evolved, and what they can reveal about the origins of life on Earth. #NotJustAliens 🧪
Astronomers have completed one of the most powerful searches yet for potential artificial radio signals from K2-18b, an exoplanet considered one of the most promising worlds in the search for extraterrestrial life. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 #notaliens
For thousands of years, eclipses have inspired wonder, curiosity, and scientific discovery. And we're still learning from them today. Explore the incredible science behind eclipses in the SETI Institute's free Solar Eclipse eBook. Download yours at our #linkinbio. 🧪 🔭 🌑
#PPOD: Although models suggest globular star cluster Omega Centauri should contain approximately 10,000 stellar-mass black holes, observational evidence of their existence has remained scarce. 🧪 🔭
