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.
An illustration of a protoplanetary disk; (inset) an artist's rendition of the James Webb Space Telescope. Image credit: ESA/NASA, the AVO project and Paolo Padovani. NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space ...
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 ...
A growing online movement of sunscreen skeptics believes that sunblock is toxic, even suggesting that it might cause skin cancer. Medical experts, concerned by rising skin cancer rates, are rushing to ...
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 ...
Research Interest: Dr. Pavithraa Sundararajan is an experimental Astrochemist, currently a NASA Postdoctoral (NPP) Fellow at NASA Ames Research Center. Dr. Sundararajan’s current research focus at the ...
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 ...
Dr. He is a SETI Postdoctoral Research Fellow and previously a NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Fellow, working on the Kepler Reprocessing Project. His office remains at the NASA Ames Research Center.
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, ...
The Discovery and Futures Lab’s mission is to anticipate and explore humanity’s responses to the discovery of life beyond Earth by connecting science with other kinds of research. It unites experts in ...