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From explaining unusual features on #Mars and studying #meteor airbursts in Earth’s atmosphere to advancing new ways of detecting #technosignatures, March’s stories reflect how scientists are continually refining our understanding of both nearby and distant worlds.
Read all the stories: https://www.seti.org/news/seti-institute-in-the-news-march-roundup-2026/
#PPOD: A bright ice cap of frozen water covers the North Pole of #Mars. In the winter, thin coverings of carbon dioxide and water frost cover this area, and these frosts finally disappear at the end of the Martian spring season. In this image, the winter frosts are about to disappear, and we can begin to see the surface features of the ice. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona; Description: Shane Byrne
Most every page of Andy Weir’s latest sci-fi novel, Project Hail Mary, glows with the promise of science and technology.
Are the science and technology of Project Hail Mary realistic, promising too much, or under-promising?
Hear more from Dr. Maggie Turnbull and Dr. Pascal Lee as they add some beautiful realism to your personal exploration of Project Hail Mary.
Listen here: https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archive/podcast/science-project-hail-mary
Next #SETI Live: TODAY, 2 April, 2:30 pm PDT
Astronomers have uncovered new evidence that two planetary bodies may have collided in a distant star system—offering a rare window into one of the most dramatic processes in planet formation.
Join Moiya McTier and Anastasios Tzanidakis as they explore what this discovery means, how scientists detect these events, and what planetary collisions can teach us about the history of our own solar system.
WATCH LIVE: https://youtube.com/live/eW0dJu8xv1E
PPOD: While these two sunlit spheres share similarities in their shape and in being illuminated by the same star, they are vastly different. The one farthest away from the camera, hiding behind the clouds, is our own Moon, the Earth's only natural satellite. The other object is the dome of a telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory, located on the outskirts of the Atacama Desert, in northern Chile. Credit: L. Sbordone/ESO
On Wednesday, April 8, 2026, at 7 pm (PST), Dr. Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Director of the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, will give a free, illustrated, non-technical lecture entitled:
"The NASA Psyche mission: First Journey to an Unknown World"
in the Smithwick Theater at Foothill College, in Los Altos (see directions below).
More info: https://www.seti.org/events/the-nasa-psyche-mission-first-journey-to-an-unknown-world/
From all of us at the SETI Institute, we wish godspeed to Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy for the safe and successful completion of the #ArtemisII mission.
This is a profound moment not only for NASA but for all of humanity, and our thoughts are with you. Congratulations on a successful launch!
How do scientists actually search for extraterrestrial intelligence?
In a recent SETI Live conversation, astronomer and Drake Award winner Dr. Jason Wright addressed that question through the lens of his new textbook, The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: Theory and Practice, the first modern effort to bring the full scope of SETI into a single, structured framework.
Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/the-science-of-seti-inside-the-first-modern-textbook/
