Base Camp Infrastructure on the ice at Lake Untersee, Antarctica — Dale Andersen. Field Season: January–February 2026 focused ...

The Volantids meteor shower was detected in the southern hemisphere during New Year's Eve 2025 ...

What: Ultraviolet observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS captured by NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft while the ...

Throughout December, the SETI Institute appeared across leading science and media outlets, reflecting the SETI Institute’s ...

Dale’s research interests are with the origin, evolution and distribution of life in the universe and he has been involved with NASA’s Exobiology and Astrobiology programs since the mid 1980’s. He is ...

Polar dunes on Mars, swirling clouds on Jupiter, and stunning sights in the night sky on Earth are featured this week. Plus, ...

Targeting star systems identified by Kepler Space Telescope (especially those in habitable-zone candidate planets). Surveying a region near the Milky Way’s Galactic Center (where stellar density is ...

If you ever spend a night under the stars watching for meteors and saw something unusual, you may want to meet astronomer Dr. Peter Jenniskens. He’s an expert on meteor showers and author of Meteor ...

The CAMS network uses an array of low-light video surveillance cameras positioned around the world that keep a constant watch on the night sky. Shooting stars are nature’s atmospheric fireworks ...

Dr. Jill Tarter is Chair Emeritus for SETI Research at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California and serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for that institution. Tarter received her ...

Seth claims to have developed an interest in extraterrestrial life at the tender age of ten, when he first picked up a book about the Solar System. This innocent beginning eventually led to a degree ...