#Astrobiology

JustSpaceAlliance

Our latest newsletter, on phosphine and dirigibles and planetary protection, also talks about some of the great white papers that have been written for the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal

Michael J. Malaska

Nobody cares about Jupiter’s moon Callisto, right?Well, I care. Let’s #science up a thread about why Callisto is so neat!(And what is the potential for alien life (or #astrobiology) in

Last week, @hssonline & @SocHistTech announced that this year's joint meeting in New Orleans had been postponed due to #COVID19.Many people, including myself, were saddened by this decision, even though

1foreverseeking

01/18/2000, Astrophysicist Sir Fred Hoyle warned may be on brink of global epidemic.Outbreak caused by dust deposited high in atmosphere by passing comets forced to earth by sunspots.Peak every 11

Dr. Phil Metzger

Interestingly, that was not the first article where science journalist Martha G. Morrow mentioned the public's idea of a "planet". In 1943, there was a claimed discovery of an exoplanet

Something to consider as you read about the big Venus news today: there is an unfortunate disconnect between what we do as scientists and how "science" is communicated to everyone.

I'd like to give special thanks to Lexi Cross for making the general selection of players and if they're AI controlled "Living" and "Robot" instead of "Human" and "Computer".Not everyone

1/ Now, I know that there are some who will see doom and chaos in our near future, largely because of badly written articles like this, and the army of

Royal Astronomical Society

Catching up on the exciting news about #Venus? We've just been taking a look at the way the UK press has reported the story about phosphine being detected in the

Life on Venus? Quick thread with links to more info. First, the press release from @RoyalAstroSoc: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/hints-life-venusShort version: a molecule was detected in the atmosphere of Venus that MIGHT have

Wyatt, Austere Deplorable

You sure?. Jesuit priests like Consolmagno—leading astronomer for Vatican who worked at NASA, taught at Harvard, MIT & splits his time between Vatican Observatory & laboratory (Specola Vaticana) HQ at