This month’s newsletter explores evolving ideas of life across art, astrobiology, and speculative futures. We are excited to ...

Dr. Matthew Tiscareno will receive the 2026 Carl Sagan Center Director’s Award for scientific leadership, planetary rings ...

In April 2026, the SETI Institute’s work spanned both scientific research and broader questions about how discoveries are ...

Noticeable change on Mars can take millions of years – but ESA’s Mars Express has captured a blanket of dark ash creeping across the planet in just decades. The image shows a scene of two halves, with ...

Unlike active galactic nuclei (AGN) that emit lethal levels of X-ray radiation, the centers of the Milky Way and these little ...

Composed of 18 images, this natural-color mosaic shows a boulder field on "Mount Washburn" (named after a mountain in Wyoming) in Mars' Jezero Crater. The Perseverance science team nicknamed the light ...

The talk is part of the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series, now in its 27th year. The story of our existence can be told as a passage through nine interwoven realms—each revealing a new layer of ...

Research Interest: marine, food, and environmental microbiology, with emphasis on planetary protection, astrobiology, and microbial ecology in closed and extreme environments. Interests include ...

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The Discovery and Futures Lab’s mission is to anticipate and explore humanity’s responses to the discovery of life beyond Earth by connecting science with other kinds of research. It unites experts in ...