The 3rd LatAmHUB Colloquium: "Young Frontiers of Astrobiology - Seeds of Life" Featuring emerging researchers from across Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay) presenting their astrobiology work to an international audience. Register: bit.ly/3LatAmHUB

We're slowly unraveling more and more of what Antarctica looks like beneath its ice www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

Today in the U.S. and abroad, we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of accessible opportunity for all. Blue Marble Space is proud of our mission and vision for the future, for creating access to education in Earth and space science, and for building in realms of communication and research.

From nervous first-timers to confident communicators—that's the Explainables transformation. For ten years, the Explainables has been in the room where it happens: helping researchers find their voice, nail their pitch, and share discoveries that matter. Learn more at www.explainables.org

Well, we bet "black hole space volcano" wasn't something you thought you'd see in a science news headline 😂 www.popsci.com/science/blac...

New discoveries of a large trove of dinosaur fossils during a parking lot construction project at Dinosaur National Monument in the U.S. are a good reminder that the rocky layers of Earth below our feet still have many stories to tell us. www.cbsnews.com/news/new-fos...

Early registration for IAUS 404: Advancing the search for Technosignatures ends today! If you plan on attending on 2-6 March, then we encourage you to take advantage of this discounted registration rate ASAP. For more information, visit: iaus404.bmsis.org

Exoplanets 6 is coming to Porto, Portugal this summer! 🌍🔭 BMSIS YSP alum Alexandre Branco invites the exoplanet community to join June 29-July 3, 2026 for the latest in exoplanet research, characterization, and detection methods. Register & submit abstracts: novve.pt/exoplanetspo...

An all new episode of the NASA show "Our Alien Earth" is now out! Check out "The Lava Tubes of Mauna Loa, Hawai'i" on YouTube now 🚀 youtu.be/cEyM2M1vAcw?...

The Sciworthy newsletter is out for the first quarter of 2026! mailchi.mp/685c6e0b29f5...

The Moon might itself have experienced a massive impact early in its history www.sciencealert.com/our-moon-is-...

Have you heard of the Moon Trees? radiolab.org/podcast/moon...

Mass extinctions have utterly devastated some life on our planet while opening niches and ecosystems for others, and driving evolutionary processes. www.popsci.com/environment/...

We could be just a few years away from having clothing that changes our color just like an octopus. And that would be weird 😂 news.stanford.edu/stories/2026...

There are a lot of space mission launches set for the year ahead. Which are you most looking forward to? Are there any that you think most likely won't launch on time? arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...

A fun little overview of the year ahead in celestial observations! www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/s...

Jellyfish sleep a third of every day despite lacking a centralized brain, and new research shows they accumulate neuronal DNA damage when sleep-deprived. www.sciencealert.com/jellyfish-sn...

Blue Marble Space CEO, Dr. Sanjoy Som, has shared a new year message with our newsletter community. mailchi.mp/bmsis/may-yo...

MIT and Microsoft researchers created an AI system called CleaveNet that designs molecular sensors to detect cancer in its earliest stages through a simple at-home urine test. news.mit.edu/2026/ai-gene...

New JWST observations reveal that ancient galaxies 12.5 billion light-years away were maturing far faster than expected, producing heavy elements and developing complex structures in less than a billion years. www.caltech.edu/about/news/y...

Astronomers have found starless gas clouds before, but Cloud 9 might be the most pristine one of all, with big lessons for cosmic history. startswithabang.substack.com/p/astronomer...

BMSIS is hosting the International Astronomical Union symposium #404, titled "Advancing the Search for Technosignatures," which will take place online everywhere from 2-6 March 2026. For more information, visit: iaus404.bmsis.org

New research has uncovered a previously unknown ladybird spider in southern Morocco www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/new...

A new study explores the first known cremation burial site from 9500 years ago in Africa news.yale.edu/2026/01/01/a...

Happiest of Holidays and Merry Christmas from those of us at the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science! We hope all of your end-of-year celebrations are wonderful and bring you some excitement for the year ahead.

Video shows a convergence of waves driving a circular sea eruption of water above a round reef in shallow water. mossandfog.com/earths-belly...

Of the many exciting findings we might get from Europa Clipper when it arrives in the Jovian system in a few more years is figuring out the actual extent of the ice shell on Europa. www.science.org/content/arti...

New research reveals how some ants build massive colonies: by trading individual armor for numbers. entomology.umd.edu/news-events/...

Our magnetic field may provide a pathway for little bits of our atmosphere to be delivered to the surface of the Moon! earthsky.org/space/earths...

The European Astrobiology Institute (EAI) has published a video highlight from the BEACON 2025 meeting in Iceland! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI6h...

The December newsletter from Sciworthy is out now! mailchi.mp/2191371f1493...

Apply by January 15, 2026 for the EAI/COST Action Spring School "Tracking the Evolution of Planetary Systems and Planets" at Liblice Castle, Czech Republic (April 15-22, 2026). europeanastrobiology.eu/spring-schoo...

Astrobiology Revealed #29 features Dr. Chunyu Ding discussing the discovery of Mars' first potential water-driven karstic cave system in Hebrus Valles. www.saganet.org/articles/ast...

The newest episode of Our Alien Earth, produced by Ask an Astrobiologist Director Mike Toillion, is now available on NASA+ 🚀 Watch The Lava Tubes of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, and all three other episodes now! plus.nasa.gov/series/our-a...

The Future Leaders of Ocean Worlds (FLOW) early career group is currently accepting nominations for the 2026 FLOW Leadership Fellows. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Edited volume on Space Medicine from the IGI Scientific Publication under the joint editorship of Dr. Krishnendu Ghosh (University of Iowa, USA) and Dr. Devjoy Dev (NYU, USA) calling for chapters from potential contributors of the field.

Lorena Soriano is conducting a stakeholder analysis for her Masters thesis on space sustainability. This survey will look at environmental, social, and governance items in space exploration. 🔗 harvard.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Digital Twins in Astrobiology Hackathon! A 4-day hybrid hackathon for bachelor’s and undergraduate students worldwide, with both in-person and online options. Taking place from 10-12 March, 2026, with a welcome webinar on 9 March and winners announced on 13 March. Learn more at hack-4-sages.org

Tuning into the Sen livestream of Earth from the ISS while working really adds some depth to what we do! www.youtube.com/sen/live

Researchers may have identified a genetic population of humans in Southern Africa who were mostly isolated from other humans until roughly 1,000 years ago. arstechnica.com/science/2025...

BMSIS scientist, Dr. Graham Lau, joined Drs. Pamela Gay and Kirby Runyon for this panel on space science recently for the Space Education Summit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo1C...

Deep inside the Soul Nebula: IC 1871's dark dust clouds and glowing gas ridges span 25 light-years, 6,500 light-years from Earth. These star-forming clouds are sculpted by radiation from massive young stars in our galaxy's Perseus arm. 📸 Nicola Bugin More pics like this on apod.nasa.gov

A new general principle has been put forward to explain how objects shatter www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/f...

From our comms director: "I always wanted the eyes that Georgie La Forge had in Star Trek: First Contact. They could see through various ranges from IR to UV but also had magnification settings. This feels like another step in that direction!" news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...

Applications have opened for the Extraterrestrial Materials Academy, a research internship for undergraduate students 8 June through 15 August. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents and have completed 36 credit hours toward their degree. www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/etm...

Among building material options for Mars habitats and infrastructure is a mix of bacteria and Martian regolith.

Extraterrestrial Photosynthesis Workshop A NASA Exoplanets System Science (NExSS) workshop taking place May 15-17, 2026, in Green Lake, Wisconsin, just before AbSciCon 2026. Learn more here: nexss.info/extraterrest...

A stunning shot of the Earth from the Moon, taken by Hakuto-R (just before crashing on the lunar surface). www.earth.com/news/hakuto-...

Could one future for data storage come from synthetic DNA? Atlas Data Storage has launched the Atlas Eon 100, the world's first scalable DNA data storage service, translating digital data into the four-letter genetic code of life: A, C, G, and T.

Had you ever even heard this story before?! The first piece of art intentionally left on the Moon was done by secret by the crew of Apollo 15, left in honor of fallen astronauts. www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2025/12...