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

From blooming tulip fields in the Netherlands to the glowing shell of the Bubble Nebula, last week’s PPOD images celebrated ...

Situated at the intersection of art, astrobiology, and emerging biotechnologies, this two-year, $30,000 research-creation residency invites artists to engage with scientific study while examining the ...

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

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

Dark and light play together in this week's photos, as we examine ash spreading across Mars over decades, night and day on ...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has officially named Asteroid 2006 BT282 as Asteroid Shostak, honoring Dr. Seth Shostak for his contributions to astronomy and science communication. The ...

This year’s booth theme, “What Would You Say to Aliens,” focused on the Arecibo Message, sent in 1974 from the Arecibo ...

A team of scientists using the NASA Curiosity rover recently performed the first successful wet-chemistry experiment on Mars, and their paper has just been published in Nature Communications. They ...

Looking ahead: These targets will guide observations with current and future facilities, including the James Webb Space Telescope and proposed missions such as the Habitable Worlds Observatory The ...