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NASA's plans for the #ArtemisII mission have changed. In our latest #SETILive, Simon spoke with Dr. Pascal Lee, a planetary scientist at the SETI Institute and the Mars Institute, about the recent decision and how it affects Artemis III. Watch the full interview: https://youtube.com/live/-iAcGaEoI2I
Dr. Yang is currently working on using machine learning to enhance the process of solar spectropolarimetric inversion to reconstruct the 3D physical structure (temperature, magnetic field, velocity) of the solar atmosphere.
Not Just Aliens is the SETI Institute’s weekly series featuring scientists exploring astrobiology, heliophysics, planetary science, and more — expanding the search for life beyond Earth.
Learn more: https://www.seti.org/people/kai-yang/
Dr. Kai Yang is a solar physics researcher focused on the Sun's dynamic activity. His work investigates the mechanisms of coronal heating, the complex magnetic topology that structures the corona, and the instabilities that trigger solar and stellar flares.
Last week, the SETI Institute hosted a special opening-night screening of the film Project Hail Mary, based on the novel by Andy Weir. When the theater doors opened to our line of buzzing patrons, we nestled into Century Cinema’s cozy reclining chairs with buttery popcorn and sparkling sodas, ready to witness the sci-fi adventure film of the year! Guest speaker Becca Robinson reflects on the movie and the experience.
Read more: https://www.seti.org/news/inside-project-hail-mary-screening-event/
By Andrew Fraknoi “If a decision is made to send a message to extraterrestrial intelligence, it should be sent on behalf of all Humankind, rather than from individual States or groups.” From the Draft Declaration of Principles Concerning the Sending of Communications to Extraterrestrial Intelligence of the International Academy of Astronautics (2005). By the time
Dr. Andrew Fraknoi, an esteemed member of our Board of Directors, is also an accomplished writer. Worlds Within recently published his 12th story, "Who Speaks for Earth," a science-fiction story that concerns a Congressional hearing in the U.S. A future President had to bomb a radio telescope owned by a new religious group that insisted (without consulting anyone else) on answering a SETI message that Earth had received from an extraterrestrial civilization.
To the moon and back we go…well, almost! For the first time in over 50 years, humans will head toward the moon, this time via the Artemis II mission instead of Apollo. As the first crewed flight of NASA’s Artemis program, it’s our chance to see astronauts head back into deep space and put systems to the ultimate test. And for the rest of us on the ground, this mission offers a rare opportunity to see history unfold.
Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/from-earth-to-the-moon-with-artemis-ii-and-citizen-scientists/
#PPOD: Seattle, Washington, is one of the cloudiest cities in the United States. But that infamous cloud cover is no match for the U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), which is designed to peer straight through clouds. This image, captured by the L-band SAR instrument on the NISAR mission on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Seattle at the center, with Bainbridge Island to the left. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
A new model proposes that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, formed through the collision and merger of two earlier Saturnian moons hundreds of millions of years ago. SETI Institute communications specialist Beth Johnson spoke with SETI Institute planetary dynamicist Dr. Matija Ćuk about this new model that connects ongoing observations.
Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/the-titan-impact-saturns-moon-system-may-have-had-a-catastrophic-past/
