🎭 Stories shape how we imagine contact, long before any real signal. They influence what we expect, fear, and hope, and can help us explore futures and question simple narratives about contact outcomes. 💬 Which contact story influenced you most, and why?

Registration is now open for IAUS 404: Advancing the search for Technosignatures! The symposium will be 2-6 March 2026. For more information about the meeting, visit: iaus404.bmsis.org

NASA DARES Community Update at AGU astrobiology.com/2025/12/nasa... #astrobiology #AGU #AGU25

Proposal Writing Workshop: Using NASA ROSES as an Example For those attending the winter American Astronomical Society (#AAS247) Meeting, an all-day proposal writing workshop will be sponsored by the NASA Science Mission Directorate and hosted by Dr. Christina Richey. 🧪 👩‍🔬

Hey, that's my paper! 😍 Thank you @astrobiology.bsky.social for featuring my work!

Are you interested in how detections of life beyond Earth should be handled? Check out this new work from our very own Hub members, Daliah Bibas @daliahbibas.bsky.social and Clément Vidal.

What methods can research risk & science communication in post-detection contexts? How about analyzing YouTube content on post-detection claims? Hub member & risk-communication scholar Andreas Schwarz shares work from his group at Technische Universität Ilmenau, Prof. Anamaria Berea and the Hub. 1/8

❤️ Is emotion part of intelligence? Feelings influence how minds learn and respond to their surroundings. 💭 If emotions help organisms navigate complex environments on Earth, could something similar appear wherever intelligence evolves? What would an intelligent mind without emotion be like?

🌿 Does intelligence depend on environment? Life’s surroundings shape how intelligence could form & function. On Earth, in alien worlds, or digital realms, each environment offers unique limits & possibilities. 💬 What kinds of environments do you think could create minds entirely unlike our own?

#ICYMI: Are we close to discovering life beyond Earth? Dr. Martin Dominik isn't certain, but he thinks we should be prepared to handle the consequences of finding that life. He spoke with Dr. Franck Marchis in this week's #SETILive. Watch the full interview: youtube.com/live/cULB0k2... 🧪 🔭

What happens after we discover life beyond Earth? Today Martin Dominik is speaking with the SETI Institute’s Franck Marchis about our paper on post-detection futures. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cULB... Live in 3 hours #SETI #PostDetection #astronomy #astrobiology #technosignatures #space #science

Today's discovery of signs of past life on Mars is a legacy of President Obama's NASA direction from 2011-2015 to get the Mars program back on track. Earlier this year, President Trump cut NASA's 2026 science budget by 47%.

The Perseverance rover on Mars has observed unusual minerals associated with organic matter — raising questions about the geochemistry of ancient Mars. go.nature.com/469V1nr

A Mars sample collected in 2024 may be “the closest we’ve actually come to discovering ancient life on Mars,” according to NASA officials 🧪 eos.org/research-and...

We (The Hub) have made it as part of an exhibit at the Natural History Museum "Could Life Exist Beyond Earth" - exhibition display just seen by one of my colleagues at the SETI Post-Detection Hub . The word is spreading. 👽

SETI Post-Detection Futures: Directions for Technosignature Research and Readiness astrobiology.com/2025/07/seti... #astrobiology #SETI #astronomy

This is so cool! 🤓 phys.org/news/2025-07... #scifi

Happy birthday, Vera Rubin! 🥳✨ What better way to celebrate than with NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's view of galaxies SHE studied? NGC 4343, 4526, 4535, and 4378 are just a few gems from our Cosmic Treasure Chest. Explore them and more at skyviewer.app 🔭🧪

The SETI Post-Detection Hub’s NASA DARES White Paper is featured on @universetoday.com. Written by 14 members on behalf of the Hub, it outlines 6 key areas for growing readiness for the discovery of life beyond Earth. www.universetoday.com/articles/sci... #SETI #Readiness #Astrobiology #NASADARES

One of the best workshops I’ve ever attended!

Just back from an incredibly interesting and enjoyable weekend at St Andrews (Scotland), where we held our first Workshop for the SETI Post Detection Hub, at the University. Not one PowerPoint slide in evidence and all the better for it - we actually interacted and debated topics. More to come ..

The 2025 UK Space Conference is coming to Manchester on 16 - 17 July!🚀 This exciting event is a unique opportunity to take part in innovative panel sessions and connect with industry leaders. 🤝 Book your place 👉 spaceconference.co.uk/2025/home Hear from ESA Reserve Astronaut, John McFall. 👇

Priority registration for the Summer Science Exhibition is now open! Book your free timeslot now and join us from 1-6 July for this mindblowing showcase of cutting-edge science from spider senses to quantum technologies. Booking recommended but not required. royalsociety.org/science-even...

NASA-DARES RFI Findings Workshop - A Community Workshop to Shape the Future of NASA’s Astrobiology Strategy astrobiology.com/2025/05/nasa... #astrobiology

We are excited to announce registration and abstract submission for talks, posters, and breakout sessions are now open for the 2025 SETI Symposium at Penn State, August 18-21, 2025! sites.psu.edu/setisymposiu... Please help us spread the word and we hope to see you in State College! 🔭

The evidence for biosignatures on K2-18b is flimsy, at best Last week, Cambridge scientists announced the discovery of DMS and DMDS on K2-18b: what they call a "surefire biosignature." Now, cut through the hype and get to the truth. bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astronomy #science

My recent talk at the Green Bank Observatory is now online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oWz...

Abstract submissions are open for NAM 2025! Here's what sessions are on offer as part of our Facility strand! Submit your abstracts here: conference.astro.dur.ac.uk/event/7/abst... @royalastrosoc.bsky.social

Lights, camera, action! The world's largest digital camera has been installed at NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory! 🤩 The LSST Camera was the final major component of the observatory. With it in place, Rubin officially enters its final phase of testing!🔭 🔗: rubinobservatory.org/news/lsst-camera-installed

Excited to launch the next Cosmoimaginaries season with a talk from Gabriela Radulescu: 📡 Earthly and extraterrestrial connections: CETI / SETI in Armenia & Czechoslovakia (the search for extraterrestrial intelligence) Fri 21st March 9am NZDT All welcome. Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A mysterious radio signal from space has been tracked down to an unexpected star! Read The Conversation article by OzGrav postdoc Dr Iris de Ruiter here: theconversation.com/a-mysterious... #OzGrav #Astronomy #NatureAstronomy #RadioPulses #SpaceScience #WhiteDwarf

🔭🌏 Cette semaine dans Terrestres, on prend beaucoup (mais alors vraiment beaucoup) de recul sur l’époque : on parle matière primordiales et atmosphère naissante avec l’astrobiologiste Nathalie Cabrol ☄️💥💫 Extrait de son livre sur la Terre et la vie, à lire ici ⤵️ www.terrestres.org/2025/02/17/l...

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Help The Planetary Society take action by submitting your letter, it takes less than 1 minute to submit: planet.ly/nasacuts

If you're at #LPSC2025 and want to talk about doing more to push back against the ongoing attacks against planetary science, join us for our office hours next Monday, 1400-1600 EDT! You can sign up here: tiny.cc/LPSC-OfficeH...

The Trump Administration is eliminating the Office of the Chief Scientist at NASA. The current head of that office is Dr. Katherine Calvin, an expert on climate change, global modeling, and international scientific negotiations. www.science.org/content/arti...

2-year Research Associate position in Technosignatures is now advertised at Manchester. Joining the growing SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) research group there and collaborating with Breakthrough Listen. Deadline April 1st. Apply here - www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Emma Puranen (@spacesword.bsky.social) explores the question, ‘What would happen if we made contact with extra-terrestrial intelligence?’ in this 2022 podcast. Listen here: www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcasts/con...

I wrote about NASA, its people and the mission to connect us. slate.com/technology/2...

Great chat this morning on the #BBCBreakfast sofa with Nina Warhurst and Roger Johnson on the #UKSpaceIndustry and the importance of funding #Physics and #SpaceSciences. Physics sector is an engine of our #economy, not a drain on it. Without it we'd have less money for schools, hospitals, etc. 🧪🔭

Here I am talking to Kensy Cooperrider of the @divintelligence.bsky.social podcast about animal communication and animal minds... 🧠 We take a detailed look at why animals make the sounds they make, and what that says about animal consciousness.

My full speech today at the DC #StandUpForScience rally (starts at 2:34:00): www.youtube.com/live/KxeaXm7...

An excellent lecture series. The SETI focus in Season IX is particularly strong. www.space-talks.com

Conducting High Frequency Radio SETI Using ALMA astrobiology.com/2024/12/cond... #astrobiology #SET #Radioastronomy #ALMA

Moonbouncing with #astrobiologist Julia DeMarines. www.wowsignalpodcast.com/2019/12/epis...

On Friday, we Stand Up for Science in locations Nationwide (& internationally!) to support science as a public good that benefits everyone. Join us! Visit www.standupforscience2025.org for more information & other ways to get involved ☀️

The next EVN seminar, "Reinventing SETI", will be given by JBCA Director, Prof. Michael Garrett. 🗓 Scheduled for Wednesday 5 February 2025, at 11:00 CET (10.00 GMT). 🔗 For more info on the EVN seminars and how to join click here: www.evlbi.org/evn-seminars #SeminarsEVN #EVNJIVE

Coverage for German readers on John Elliott’s recent interview with MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.de about the interdisciplinary work of the SETI Post-Detection Hub at the University of St Andrews. Thanks to @sfcd.eu

Excited to announce my forthcoming book Reinventing SETI: New Directions in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (Oxford University Press, Aug 2025). It's time to rethink how we search for ET—and prepare for what comes next. #SETI #Astronomy