No matter how the scientists revisited their readings, the signal stayed strong. They concluded that K2-18b may in fact harbor a tremendous supply of dimethyl sulfide in its atmosphere, thousands of times higher than the level found on Earth. This would suggest that its Hycean seas are brimming with life.
#science #biology #astronomy #exobiology #aliens #physics #chemistry #NASA #JPL
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/science/astronomy-exoplanets-habitable-k218b.html

TONIGHT - JPL's Nancy Chabot from the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) at the WAS Free Online Science Lecture Event April 15th. The classroom will be closed, however you can join the Zoom webinar or YouTube live stream at 8:00 pm tonight! https://was-ct.org/events/nancy-chabot-planetary-chief-scientist-at-jpl-dart-update/

1/2 The subtext here is the current all out assault on our #Science institutions (along with everything else) .The realization at places like #NASA and #JPL are no different than those at #NOAA and #NWS. It is sickening and stunning at the same time. #Depression and #Outrage are inevitably coming into evidence. #Science and academia can and should seek new partners for work…

The Search for Alien Life with Harvard Professor #AviLoeb
https://youtu.be/ZwMpWrOt-oo?si=Nl0FL9_sglhVzE8v

Titan, Rings, and Saturn from Cassini
Credits: Cassini Imaging Team, ISS, #JPL, ESA, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

Phoebe: Comet Moon of Saturn
Credits: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, #JPL, ESA, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

Can NASA help predict wildflower super blooms? https://www.byteseu.com/918925/ #environment #JetPropulsionLaboratory #JPL #NASA #WildflowerSuperBlooms #wildflowers

Biking home today

NASA Webb’s Autopsy of Planet Swallowed by Star Yields Surprise

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-webbs-autopsy-of-planet-swallowed-by-star-yields-surprise/

Ring Scan
Credits: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, #JPL, ESA, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

WAS Welcomes back Nancy Chabot, Planetary Chief Scientist at JPL for a follow up talk April 15th on the results from DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test. The classroom will be closed and the talk will be a webinar on Zoom and streamed on our YouTube channel. https://ow.ly/JgAK50VtSwR

Cassini Spacecraft Crosses Saturns Ring Plane
Credits: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, #JPL, ESA, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

Spitzer's Orion
Credits: Univ. Toledo, et al., #JPL, Caltech, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

The Egg Nebula in Polarized Light
Credits: HubbleHeritage Team, STScI, AURA, W. Sparks, STScI, R. Sahai, #JPL, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

In 5AM STORYTALK’s latest podcast, Kevin Peter Hand – director of the NASA JPL’s Ocean Worlds Lab and real-life adventurer – discusses the search for life in our outer solar system, the intersection of art and science, and why he's optimistic about our future (no, really).

#NASA #JPL #OceanWorlds #Europa #extraterrestriallife #exploration #podcastepisode #podcast #arttalk #art #writingcommunity

https://colehaddon.substack.com/p/podcast-q-and-a-kevin-peter-hand

IC 418: The Spirograph Nebula
Credits: R. Sahai, #JPL, et al., Hubble Heritage Team, STScI, AURA, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

How cool is that?!

“We won’t see the big bang. But we’ll see the aftermath from it and learn about the beginning of the universe that way,” he said.

The telescope’s infrared detectors will be able to distinguish 102 colors invisible to the human eye, yielding the most colorful, inclusive map ever made of the cosmos.

It’s like “looking at the universe through a set of rainbow-colored glasses”, said the deputy project manager, Beth Fabinsky, of Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

#Space #jpl #astronomy #telescopes #spherex #spherexmission

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/12/nasas-spherex-telescope-launch?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Saturn and Titan from Cassini
Credits: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, #JPL, ESA, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

3D View Of Jupiter's Clouds
Credits: Galileo Project, #JPL, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

Mimas: Small Moon with a Big Crater
Credits: Cassini Imaging Team, ISS, #JPL, ESA, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

An Enceladus Tiger Stripe from Cassini
Credits: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, #JPL, ESA, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography