Venus: molten surface, crushing pressure, toxic air. But beneath it all? Our latest blog dives into the "Venus Volcanic Cave" debate – could these lava...

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Serendipitous Discovery Of Martian Ripple Marks Reveals An Ancient Sandstorm - Astrobiology The search for life on Mars involves the efforts of scientists from many different disciplines

Serendipitous Discovery Of Martian Ripple Marks Reveals An Ancient Sandstorm
astrobiology.com/2026/04/sere... #astrobiology #Mars #biosignature

Information Content Of JWST Transmission Spectroscopy Of The Exoplanet HAT-P-12b From The Optical To The Mid-infrared - Astrobiology The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provides low- to medium-resolution spectra with unprecedented precision

Information Content Of JWST Transmission Spectroscopy Of The Exoplanet HAT-P-12b From The Optical To The Mid-infrared
astrobiology.com/2026/04/info... #astrobiology #Exoplanet #JWST

Gemini South Confirms Long-Suspected Link Between the Composition of Exoplanets and Their Host Stars - Astrobiology Almost 320 light-years away in the Libra constellation lies WASP-189b, an exoplanet known as an ultra-hot Jupiter (UHJ).

Gemini South Confirms Long-Suspected Link Between the Composition of Exoplanets and Their Host Stars
astrobiology.com/2026/04/gemi... #astrobiology #Exoplanet #JWST

Redox Chemistry Of Early Earth And The Origin Of Life - Astrobiology Multiple controversial scenarios have been proposed explaining the emergence of life, both from environmental and chemical perspectives.

Redox Chemistry Of Early Earth And The Origin Of Life
astrobiology.com/2026/04/redo... #astrobiology #biosignature #biochemistry

Unusually Hot Interiors Could Reconcile the Missing Methane Problem for Warm-to-Hot Exoplanets with Hydrogen Atmospheres - Astrobiology JWST is revolutionizing the field of exoplanet atmospheres by delivering unprecedented spectroscopic constraints on their chemical compositions

Unusually Hot Interiors Could Reconcile the Missing Methane Problem for Warm-to-Hot Exoplanets with Hydrogen Atmospheres
astrobiology.com/2026/04/unus... #astrobiology #Exoplanet #JWST

Hadean Earth: A Cradle For Life?

This artistic rendition takes you back billions of years into our planetary past when the Earth was facing turbulent seismic activity and mass extraterrestrial bombardment. (Continued in thread)

#art #SciArt #astronomy #geology #geoscience #painting #astrobiology

A Pair Of Planet-forming Disks - Astrobiology This month’s ESA/Webb Picture of the Month offers us a two-for-one on brand new stars — with some potential planets thrown in as well

A Pair Of Planet-forming Disks
astrobiology.com/2026/04/a-pa... #astrobiology #exoplanet #astronomy

Lipid Biomarkers Reveal Dominance Of Aerobic Methanotrophy In A Continental Serpentinizing System - Astrobiology Sources and sinks of methane within an advanced serpentinization-influenced system were investigated at the Coast Range Ophiolite Microbial Observatory

Lipid Biomarkers Reveal Dominance Of Aerobic Methanotrophy In A Continental Serpentinizing System
astrobiology.com/2026/04/lipi... #astrobiology #microbiology #AwayTeam

Hot Rocks Survey V: Secondary Eclipse Photometry of GJ 3473 b with JWST/MIRI - Astrobiology JWST is transforming our ability to characterise small exoplanets

Hot Rocks Survey V: Secondary Eclipse Photometry of GJ 3473 b with JWST/MIRI
astrobiology.com/2026/04/hot-... #astrobiology #exoplanet #astronomy

Geant4-IcyMoons: Simulating Electron Interaction Physics in Irradiated Astrophysical Ices - Astrobiology Energetic particles continuously process water ice across astrophysical and planetary environments, from interstellar clouds

Geant4-IcyMoons: Simulating Electron Interaction Physics in Irradiated Astrophysical Ices
astrobiology.com/2026/04/gean... #astrobiology #icyworld

Three Thousand Motion-Confirmed L and T Dwarf Candidates From The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Project - Astrobiology The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project uses data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer to detect infrared objects with significant motion.

Three Thousand Motion-Confirmed L and T Dwarf Candidates From The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Project
astrobiology.com/2026/04/thre... #astrobiology #astronomy #citizenscience #openscience

A Research Roadmap For Assessing The Feasibility Of Warming Mars - Astrobiology This roadmap outlines research pathways to determine whether Mars could be warmed with non-biological methods.

A Research Roadmap For Assessing The Feasibility Of Warming Mars
astrobiology.com/2026/04/a-re... #astrobiology #terraforming #Mars #climatechange

Flyer for the WiCOR Lecture in Spring 2026, presented by Victoria Meadows with a photo of the speaker, a graphic of a magnifying glass looking at a planet, and a gradient background from dark blue to bright purple, along with the WiCOR and UW-Madison Logos.

The Search for Living Worlds Beyond the Solar System 🔭

Don't miss the next WiCOR Lecture from Dr. Victoria Meadows (SETI Institute)!

📆 Wed. April 22 at 7:00 PM
📍The Marquee at Union South

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How did this get made? Giant planet orbits small star New observations of "forbidden" planet TOI5205-b reveal surprising details about it its atmospheric chemistry.

3-Apr-2026
How did this get made? Giant planet orbits small star
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handy for #transit observations though
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1122699

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Realismus-Check für #ProjectHailMary. Dr. McLeary hält drei Punkte für überraschend realistisch: das Aussehen von Alien Rocky, seine musikalisch klingende Sprache und die Physik des Raumschiffs.

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Giant 'forbidden planet' orbiting small star shows an unusually low-metal atmosphere Scientists have discovered that a highly unusual giant planet—sometimes called "forbidden"—could have an atmosphere with fewer heavier elements than its host star. University of Birmingham astrophysicist Dr. Anjali Piette worked with an international research team to analyze James Webb Space Telescope data from the exoplanet TOI-5205 b. This is a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a star about four times the size of Jupiter and about 40% the mass of the sun.

Giant 'forbidden planet' orbiting small star shows an unusually low-metal atmosphere phys.org/news/2026-04-giant-forbi... 🪐 #Exoplanet #Exoplanets #AlienWorlds #AlienLife #Extraterrestrials #Space #Science #SolarSystem #Astrobiology

Resistive MHD Simulations of Stellar Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling in TRAPPIST-1e - Astrobiology Close-in terrestrial exoplanets around M dwarfs reside in dense

Resistive MHD Simulations of Stellar Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling in TRAPPIST-1e
astrobiology.com/2026/04/resi... #astrobiology #exoplanet #spacweather

Chemical Routes to Primitive Membranes: Prebiotic Lipid Formation at the Origin of Life - Astrobiology The origin of life is impossible to imagine without the formation of complex prebiotic biomolecules

Chemical Routes to Primitive Membranes: Prebiotic Lipid Formation at the Origin of Life
astrobiology.com/2026/04/chem... #astrobiology #genomics #originoflife

Identifying The Limits Of Protein Evolution - Astrobiology The number of known proteins is infinitely small in comparison to the universe of possible proteins which could in theory be realized

Identifying The Limits Of Protein Evolution
astrobiology.com/2026/04/iden... #astrobiology #evolution #genomics #synbio

Earth Formed From Local Building Blocks - Astrobiology Planetary scientists have long debated where the material that formed our Earth comes from

Earth Formed From Local Building Blocks
astrobiology.com/2026/04/eart... #astrobiology #astrogeology

Pre-proposal Workshop for HWO Instrument Concept Studies Solicitation - Astrobiology U.S.-led Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) instrument concept studies

Pre-proposal Workshop for HWO Instrument Concept Studies Solicitation
astrobiology.com/2026/04/pre-... #astrobiology #astronomy #exoplanet

Climate And Ocean Circulation Changes Toward A Modern Snowball Earth - Astrobiology It has been hypothesized that the Earth may have experienced snowball events in the past

Climate And Ocean Circulation Changes Toward A Modern Snowball Earth
astrobiology.com/2026/04/clim... #astrobiology #climatechange

The SPHEREx Instrument: Calibration, Testing And Performance Measurements Of The NIR 2 Spectroscopic Surveyor From The Laboratory To In-orbit Commissioning - Astrobiology The SPHEREx near-infrared space telescope is an all-sky spectroscopic survey mission launched on March 12th, 2025 UTC.

The SPHEREx Instrument: Calibration, Testing And Performance Measurements Of The NIR 2 Spectroscopic Surveyor From The Laboratory To In-orbit Commissioning
astrobiology.com/2026/04/the-... #astrobiology #astronomy #astrochemistry

SuperCam Identifies Corundum In Jezero Crater, Mars, Using Time-Resolved Luminescence Spectroscopy - Astrobiology The Perseverance rover recently began exploring the Jezero crater rim after traversing the crater floor, fan deposits, and margin unit

SuperCam Identifies Corundum In Jezero Crater, Mars, Using Time-Resolved Luminescence Spectroscopy
astrobiology.com/2026/04/supe... #astrobiology #astrogeology #Mars

Desert/Water Planet Interaction: Sahara Dust Storm Over The Canary islands
astrobiology.com/2026/04/dese... #astrobiology #climate

Gemini South confirms long-suspected link between the composition of exoplanets and their host stars Astronomers have discovered that a giant planet, WASP-189b, echoes the composition of its host star, providing the first direct evidence of a foundational concept in astrobiology. This discovery was achieved through the first-ever simultaneous measurement of gaseous magnesium and silicon in a planet's atmosphere. The team used the Gemini South telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory. The findings are published in the journal Nature Communications.

Gemini South confirms long-suspected link between the composition of exoplanets and their host stars phys.org/news/2026-04-gemini-sout... 🪐 #Exoplanet #Exoplanets #AlienWorlds #AlienLife #Extraterrestrials #Space #Science #SolarSystem #Astrobiology

The Universe Isn't Empty—It's Hiding From Us Why the Universe is Ghosting Us: The Terrifying Science of the Great Silence 🌌 Is the galaxy a crowded party where we're the only ones who didn't get the invite, or are we screaming into a cosmic graveyard? 🛸 We’ve been scanning the stars for decades, but the Great Silence is only getting louder. In this episode, we’re peeling back the cosmic curtain to ask the ultimate question: Where is everybody? From the phosphorus bottleneck starving potential alien life to the lethal galactic radiation that turns most planets into cosmic microwaves, we explore why Earth might be a one-in-a-trillion miracle. We’re not just talking about "little green men"—we’re diving into the brutal physics and sociological risks that keep the universe eerily quiet. 🧬 In this episode, we break down: - The Rare Earth Hypothesis: Why planetary stability requires a perfect cocktail of rare earth metals and a very lucky moon. 💎 - The Dark Forest Theory: Is the universe quiet because it’s empty, or because every civilization is hiding from a predator we haven't seen yet? 🌲👁️ - The Great Filter: Are we the lucky winners of a cosmic elimination game, or is our "expiration date" closer than we think? ⏳ This isn't just a science lesson; it's an existential deep dive into the Great Filter and the staggering rarity of our existence. Could humanity really be the only technological species to survive these cumulative cosmic challenges? 🌍✨ Don't let our signal die here! 🚀 Hit that Subscribe button, share this with a fellow earthling, and let’s keep the conversation—and our species—alive. Leave a review and tell us: Are we truly alone, or is the universe just playing a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek? #FermiParadox #SpaceExploration #GreatFilter #Astrobiology #AlienLife #TheGreatSilence #Cosmos #DarkForestTheory #SciencePodcast  

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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

April 1st, 1961

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