Happy Earth Day everyone!

If you want to see your name sculpted in Landsat images, check out a generator from NASA here: science.nasa.gov/specials/you...

Some of the Earth Day love shared within our organization. This one was shared by Dr. Michael Tuite, one of our research scientists!

Happy Earth Day 🚀 🌍️

Our home, as recently photographed by the crew of Artemis II.

The place of our hopes and dreams, our lives and our works, our fears and our ambitions.

We're not perfect, and we have a lot of work to do. But together we can make things better for everyone as we all explore our place in the cosmos

Last year, Sunita "Suni" Williams captured this photo of the Earth Flag floating in the cupola of the ISS.

All of us together, in a representation of our common identity with the Blue Marble image floating above the real blue marble of our shared Earth.

Happy Earth Day from Blue Marble Space!

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Blue Marble Space is hiring a Laboratory Scientist for sensor developmen!

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Blue Marble Space is now hiring for a Laboratory Scientist in sensor development.

The position will take place in Mountain View, California (at NASA Ames), and requires pre-exisitng authorization to work in the U.S. at a federal facility.

Learn more and apply at bluemarblespace.easyapply.co

The crew of Artemis II have now set the new record for the furthest from our planet that humans have ever travelled. With all of the division and anger in our world, the journey of these four people is a fine reminder that we can rise above and achieve the most remarkable things.

Track the Artemis II crew in live-time with this fun tracker online!

artemislivetracker.com

It's time for Artemis II to break Apollo 13's distance record. What to know about the moon flyby The Artemis II astronauts are already the champions of a fresh new era of lunar exploration. Now it's record-breaking time.

The crew of Artemis II is on track to set the new distance record of the furthest humans have ever traveled from our own little Blue Marble today!

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Underground lab clears crucial hurdle for dark matter hunt Australia's bid to detect elusive dark matter has taken a major step forward, with new research confirming that cosmic radiation levels deep inside the Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL)…

The Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory (SUPL) in Australia has shown muon levels reaching their deep underground detectors are low enough for their next steps in attempting to detect signals that could be coming from what we currently call Dark Matter.

phys.org/news/2026-04...

We are coming down to the final week to submit your applications for the 2026 Young Scientist Program at Blue Marble Space!

Learn more about the program and apply at:
bmsis.org/ysp/projects/

LIVE: Artemis II Launch Day Updates - NASA Live updates for launch of NASA's Artemis II test flight will be published on this page. NASA’s launch broadcast coverage is airing

Live updates from NASA as we all get more and more excited for the Artemis II mission launch!

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100 million years ago, an ‘evolutionary fuse’ was lit in the deep ocean, sparking squid diversification Published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, a new study from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) combines existing databases with three newly sequenced squid genomes to identify the…

Demystifying the decapodiformes

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‘This was the real thing’: Meet the woman who alerts the world when an asteroid could hit Aarti Holla-Maini of the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs is primed to spot a potential planetary strike – and a year ago, she thought the moment had come

"Whether it is sounding the alarm on an asteroid that could destroy a city, facilitating disaster relief imagery for floods in Morocco or preventing a collision in Earth’s orbit, the “tiny team” in Vienna is punching well above its weight, says Holla-Maini."

www.theguardian.com/science/ng-i...

An Antarctic tide pool holds a lesson for deep space survival | Jessica Snyder | TEDxBoston Everything on the International Space Station arrives from Earth. Astronauts can't just pop out to the store for supplies. A Mars mission would entail a trip of three to five years, with no on-demand…

In her recent TEDx talk, BMS scientist, Dr. Jessica Snyder, makes a compelling case for decentralizing the production of our most basic human needs, drawing a straight line from the challenges of deep space exploration to communities right here on Earth.

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The Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Fund is pleased to announce the Spring 2026 Travel Grant application opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing studies in fields of space science and engineering.

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2026 Iceland Home – European Astrobiology Institute The summer school "Biosignatures and the Search For Life on Mars", which will be held in Iceland from 18 to 26 July 2026, aims to cover the subject of the search for life in different environments,…

The Biosignatures and the Search for Life on Mars summer school is taking place in Iceland this July 18–26, 2026!

🔗 Learn more & apply: europeanastrobiology.eu/2026-iceland...

Mars Engineering Design Competition 2026 | Mars Society Education Design an 18-month Mars surface mission in the 5th annual competition. Work with NASA scientists and aerospace engineers. Open to students aged 13-19 worldwide. June 8 – July 10, 2026. $99…

The Mars Society is accepting applications for their Fifth Annual International Mission to Mars Engineering Design Competition — a virtual program running June 8–July 10, 2026, open to students ages 13–19 around the world.

education.marssociety.org/competition/

Dr. Aubrey Zerkle took the Blue Marble Space marble design and turned it into some stained glass artwork!

Color us impressed 😍

📅 Application deadline: April 1, 2026

📋 Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Eligible applicants include currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students at institutions within the continental U.S. Awards are made on a rolling basis, so applying early is encouraged — and every dollar saved on travel means another student can attend!

The Network for Life Detection (NfoLD) is offering travel awards of up to $1,500 to help students attend AbSciCon 2026. Awards can cover domestic airfare, conference registration, and lodging in some cases.

While Livingstone's legacy is complex, reflecting the contradictions of 19th-century exploration and colonialism, his documentation of Victoria Falls introduced the world to one of nature's most spectacular wonders. The statue stands near falls that local peoples had known and revered for millennia

Livingstone's explorations of central and southern Africa, driven by his mission to end the slave trade, brought European attention to the continent's interior.

This monument honors the Scottish explorer and missionary who became the first European to document Victoria Falls in 1855, naming it after Queen Victoria.

The statue of Dr. David Livingstone at Victoria Falls in Zambia was #EarthFlagged!

Photo by Misheck Mutuzana

Feedback on Astrobiology Workforce Development Tools, Resources, and Opportunities The purpose of this form is to assess how well important tools, resources, and opportunities for career development are advertised in and used amongst the astrobiology community. Feedback shared here…

The NASA DARES Task Force 2 is seeking input from those currently pursuing careers in astrobiology regarding the question: "What tools, resources, and opportunities have impacted your astrobiology career so far?"

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The Space Needle in Seattle was #EarthFlagged!

Photo by Sanjoy Som.

EarthFlagged at the Kāpehu Whetū — Tauranga's Celestial Compass - Blue Marble Space Institute of Science Standing in a flat green field near the harbor at Sulphur Point in Tauranga, Aotearoa, New Zealand, a ring of white wooden posts reaches toward the sky. At first glance, the installation might seem…

The Kāpehu Whetū — Tauranga's Celestial Compass at Sulphur Point, Aotearoa New Zealand — was #EarthFlagged!

Read more: bmsis.org/earthflagged...

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