3+ hour, 26+ min ago  (148+ words) [astro-ph.IM] There exist numerous proposals for potential technosignatures that we can search for, but they all tend to be deviations from possible naturally occurring signals. That is, technosignatures tend to be a search for pollution. Following a number of…...

3+ day, 19+ min ago  (178+ words) Astrobiology Web [astro-ph.IM] This document is intended to accompany our first release of edited Pioneer 10/11 telemetry data. The purpose of this data release is to provide a data set for the evaluation of the effect of on-board systematic forces…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (227+ words) Astrobiology Web Once a civilization can design, launch, and maintain autonomous industrial systems beyond its home planet, interstellar expansion no longer requires biological starships or a human-like empire. It can proceed through low-mass probes, robotic seed factories, archival payloads, biological…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1004+ words) Editor’s note: when we start to explore the oceans on other worlds we will need to be ready to utilize a wide range of detection methods optical, auditory – and seismic. Optical cables have already been employed to track Earth’s seismic…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (110+ words) Astrobiology Web [physics.pop-ph] Research into the emergence and evolution of intelligence is underrepresented in astrobiology. I propose noosemiotics, the study of noosignatures, to address this gap. Noosignatures are the structured traces that minds leave on a medium, whether physical…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (90+ words) Astrobiology Web [NASA] Aram Chaos is of particular scientific interest because it is hypothesized that its chaotic terrain may be the source of water that contributed to the creation of nearby valleys such as Ares Vallis flowing toward Chryse Planitia....

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (291+ words) A three-person team consisting of Alvin Team manager and lead pilot Bruce Strickrott, DSP general engineer Brandon Yasin, and WHOI senior engineer Kaitlyn Tradd completed the seven-hour certification dive on June 20. Formal certification from DSP came on June 24, 2026. As part…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (508+ words) [UC Irvine] A team led by astronomers at the University of California, Irvine reports the discovery of a new Earth-like exoplanet orbiting a star about 25 light-years from our solar system in our home Milky Way galaxy. The discovery adds to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (141+ words) Astrobiology Web [European Union] During the summer months, large algal blooms occur frequently in the Baltic Sea. Often driven by warmer temperatures, abundant sunlight, and nutrient-rich waters, these blooms can reduce water quality and affect marine life. In late June…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (289+ words) [PJ Harvey] announces ‘Voyager’, her first new music following the release of I Inside the Old Year Dying in 2023. Listen and watch the video, and pre-order the limited edition 7″ vinyl, exclusive to the PJH store. Editor’s note. Please have a…...