We explore how we observe changing worlds and skies, from the dark skies above Paranal and the shifting waters of the ...

The new fellows will study the evolution of viruses and cells, habitability on Mars and the formation of planetary systems.

The Moeraki Boulders look almost too perfect to be natural — but these giant stone spheres along New Zealand’s Koekohe Beach were formed over millions of years. Scientists believe the boulders began ...

This month brings a new way to see remote planets, a spacecraft idea for scouting resources across the Solar System, fresh clues about the way planets form, and even a surprise from Pluto.

Hurricane Melissa swirls south of Jamaica in this view captured from the International Space Station in October 2025. As Earth experiences a strong El Niño, satellites are helping scientists ...

The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured this dramatic view of Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau erupting on September 5, 2026. Rising from the Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java, the volcanic island ...

For the first time, astronomers have detected an atmosphere around a rocky planet orbiting within another star's habitable zone. Located about 48 light-years from Earth, LHS 1140 b orbits a cool red ...

Healthy rivers and riparian ecosystems are teaming with life, but should rivers themselves be considered alive? The question is central to the growing rights-of-nature movement that claims that ...

Our team’s research is driven by a single scientific question: “How can we best assess whether an exoplanet supports life?” To answer this, the massively interdisciplinary VPL Team develops and ...

Dingshan Deng studies protoplanetary disks, the disks of gas and dust around young stars where planetary systems form. His research focuses on how the physics and chemistry of these disks establish ...

The SETI Institute is a proud Platinum Sponsor of the Space Robotics Workshop at IROS 2026, bringing together researchers, industry, and government to connect advances in robotics and physical AI with ...

Degree/Major: PhD. Natural and Human Sciences (Sciences de la Nature et de l'Homme : écologie et évolution) / Sorbonne University L. Felipe Benites is an evolutionary biologist who studies viruses, ...