#ICYMI - Exploring a Hot, Young World

Astronomers have identified an Earth-sized planet closer and younger than any previously known. On this week's #SETILive , Beth Johnson 🔭☄️🌋🏳️‍🌈 spoke with discoverers Dr. Melinda Soares-Furtado and Ben Capistrant.

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TODAY IS ALIEN DAY!

*runs around office*

*prepares press release*

*answers phone*

Oh. Ohhhhhh... Not THAT kind of #AlienDay . Darn.

Enjoy the movie's re-release everyone!

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Astronomers have predicted that a nearby white dwarf star orbiting in the T Coronae Borealis system some 3,000 light years from Earth will erupt in a dramatic nova explosion later this year, which will be visible to the naked eye (via SETI Institute). IGN

Exploring a Hot, Young World: The Closest and Youngest Earth-sized Planet Discovered twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Next #SETILive : Exploring a Hot, Young World
TODAY, Apr 25, 2:30 PM PDT

Astronomers have identified an Earth-sized planet closer and younger than any previously known. Beth Johnson 🔭☄️🌋🏳️‍🌈 speaks with discoverers Dr. Melinda Soares-Furtado and Ben Capistrant. WATCH LIVE: buff.ly/3UdaVYg

#PPOD : NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover captured this image of some interesting Martian rocks on Sept. 17, 2023. The image was selected by public vote as an 'Image of the Week' for the mission. It has been edited to bring out more detail. Credit: @NASA NASA JPL Caltech Arizona State University Planetary Society

The permafrost is thawing, a process that will warm the planet in a positive feedback cycle that will produce methane and carbon dioxide, two gases observed in the atmosphere of Mars. Could microbes be involved? It’s “De-Permafrosting” on Big Picture Science. buff.ly/4b71jW2

Yesterday at the Space for Island Nations Conference 2024 conference, I had the opportunity to present Unistellar, our citizen science with @setiinstitute and discuss with Madin Maseeh about the importance of astronomy for island nations. It was a fantastic day and the stars were shining in the sky of the…

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Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks will be visible in binoculars in the coming days. The comet is very low above the horizon in the west just after sunset and can be seen below the 'Y' of the Hyades and the star below them in the constellation of Taurus. @spacedotcom

#PPOD : This image from NASA Webb Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) of the star-forming region NGC 604 shows how stellar winds from bright, hot young stars carve out cavities in surrounding gas and dust. Credit: @NASA European Space Agency Canadian Space Agency @STScI

Happy Earth Day!

If we have a long-term future as a species, it will be because we discover that every day must be Earth Day! Hopefully, we will do this in time… Meanwhile, Happy Earth Day from the SETI Institute!

#earthday

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@sethshostak: “Nobody has ever found another explanation for what that might have been. It’s like you hear chains rattling in your attic and you think ‘My god, ghosts are real.’ But then you never hear them again, so what do you think?” Columbus Dispatch

The permafrost is thawing, luring bacteria that will feast on these carbon-rich layers and produce two greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and methane. How serious is this potential accelerator of climate change? It’s “De-Permafrosting” on Big Picture Science: buff.ly/4aJG1xQ