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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Save the date for Life and Space 2026 Tomasz Zajkowski and the Polish Astrobiology Society invite schoalrs globally to consider joining Life and Space 2026 (LAS26), the Society's international online astrobiology conference, taking place December 4–6, 2026. Full details at astrobio.pl/LAS26.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

For Postdoc Appreciation Week, The Explainables are offering their Explainables Workbook for free this week only.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We're so very proud of our Young Scientist Program at BMS. Over the years, we've had 739 participants in our program, joining us collectively from 56 nations around the world. Could you become one of our Research Associates in 2027? Learn more at www.bluemarblespace.org/ysp

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Out today in Planetary Perspectives, Rajat Bhushan Gupta writes on the new research article he co-authored with other Blue Marble Space scholars and affiliates on the ways that astrobiology connects with human space exploration. Read more here: planetaryperspectives.substack.com/p/integratin...

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Gerald A. Soffen Memorial Fund is pleased to announce the Fall 2026 Travel Grant application opportunity for undergraduate and graduate students pursuing studies in fields of space science and engineering. soffenfund.org

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If a civilization ever outgrew its need for stars and evolved into something closer to a distributed machine intelligence, where would it go looking for power? Perhaps the best option would be the most extreme energy gradient in the universe: a black hole.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The newest share from the 2026 AbSciCon Creative Writing Competition is a fiction piece written by Elvis De Santiago. Check it out at Planetary Perspectives! planetaryperspectives.substack.com/p/good-day-o...

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Our most recent post on the talks from this year's IAU symposium on Advancing the Search for Technosignatures explores how we can detect false positives in the search for Dyson Spheres. planetaryperspectives.substack.com/p/how-archiv...

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Somewhere among the roughly 300 billion stars of the Milky Way, could one or more be wrapped in an artificial shell, its starlight dimmed and its waste heat leaking out as an infrared glow?

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

In "Ruins Among the Stars: Alien Technologies Left Behind", published in Planetary Perspectives, we explore Dr. Brian Lacki's work on passive technosignatures for alien life. Read more here: planetaryperspectives.substack.com/p/ruins-amon...

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Several of our BMS scientists and friends in California took some time out this past weekend to enjoy a hike together on Angel Island, in the San Francisco Bay.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

What if the hardest part of finding another civilization isn’t the searching, but the seeing? A technosignature might be too faint for our instruments, deliberately concealed by its makers, or dismissed by a skeptical scientific community even after it’s found.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Fifteen Minutes of Moonset and Sunrise Over the Golden Gate Photo by Fredric Walder

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Supermoon Path Over Paris at Sunset Photo by Martin Giraud

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Eagle Aurora Photo by Jennifer Rogers

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Aurora Over Causey Reservoir Photo by Samuel Morse

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The new astrotourism center being developed at AlUla Manara in Saudi Arabia has some intriguing artist's designs. Read more about it here: www.euronews.com/travel/2026/...

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Will we ever view Mars from the surface with our own eyes? This artist’s concept shows a Martian view through a habitat window. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

It was so amazing getting together some of the team at during the Blue Marble Space Symposium at AbSciCon 2026.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The latest in Planetary Perspectives offers an overview of three of the poster presentations during the symposium on Advancing the Search for Technosignatures (IAUS404). planetaryperspectives.substack.com/p/technosign...

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Our newest piece from Planetary Perspectives is a review of Rangier Liu’s talk at our symposium on Advancing the Search for Technosignatures.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

What can an 18th-century land war teach us about governing Mars? Quite a lot, it turns out.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

In field trials, the robot found fish densities nearly 25 times higher near a single coral structure than the surrounding reef. The team envisions fleets of these robots helping conservationists identify and protect the most vital reef ecosystems as oceans continue to warm.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

By combining cameras and hydrophones to process audio and visual data in real time, CUREE can detect concentrations of marine life at centimeter-scale resolution: something traditional diver surveys simply can't match.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have deployed an autonomous underwater robot called CUREE to seek out and map biodiversity hotspots on coral reefs with remarkable precision.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Blue Marble Space is a proud sponsor of the Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon). We're so excited to meet up with our colleagues, past and present, and to see everyone in Madison, WIsconsin, in the coming week.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The galaxy M77 photographed by NIRCam on JWST. esawebb.org/images/potm2...

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

We just released the first in a series of pieces to be shared on Planetary Perspectives about the recent IAU symposium on Advancing the Search for Technosignatures that Blue Marble Space helped to host. planetaryperspectives.substack.com/p/iaus404-ad...

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Happy Earth Day everyone! If you want to see your name sculpted in Landsat images, check out a generator from NASA here: science.nasa.gov/specials/you...

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Some of the Earth Day love shared within our organization. This one was shared by Dr. Michael Tuite, one of our research scientists! Happy Earth Day 🚀 🌍️

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Our home, as recently photographed by the crew of Artemis II. The place of our hopes and dreams, our lives and our works, our fears and our ambitions. We're not perfect, and we have a lot of work to do. But together we can make things better for everyone as we all explore our place in the cosmos

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Last year, Sunita "Suni" Williams captured this photo of the Earth Flag floating in the cupola of the ISS. All of us together, in a representation of our common identity with the Blue Marble image floating above the real blue marble of our shared Earth. Happy Earth Day from Blue Marble Space!

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The crew of Artemis II have now set the new record for the furthest from our planet that humans have ever travelled. With all of the division and anger in our world, the journey of these four people is a fine reminder that we can rise above and achieve the most remarkable things.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

We are coming down to the final week to submit your applications for the 2026 Young Scientist Program at Blue Marble Space! Learn more about the program and apply at: bmsis.org/ysp/projects/

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Dr. Aubrey Zerkle took the Blue Marble Space marble design and turned it into some stained glass artwork! Color us impressed 😍

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The Network for Life Detection (NfoLD) is offering travel awards of up to $1,500 to help students attend AbSciCon 2026. Awards can cover domestic airfare, conference registration, and lodging in some cases.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The statue of Dr. David Livingstone at Victoria Falls in Zambia was #EarthFlagged! Photo by Misheck Mutuzana

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The Space Needle in Seattle was #EarthFlagged! Photo by Sanjoy Som.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The Roman Bridge in Cangas de Onís was #EarthFlagged! Photo by Abigail Calzada

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The Rock of Raouché in Beirut was #EarthFlagged! Photo by Alex Karl.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur were #EarthFlagged! Photo by Andrea Boyd

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

The Paul-Henri Spaak Building in Brussels was #EarthFlagged! Photo by Rachel Drummond.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The NEEM (North Greenland Eemian Ice Drilling) deep ice core drilling site was #EarthFlagged! Photo by Kristin Poinar.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

The National Mall in Washington, D.C. was #EarthFlagged! Photo by Mark Claire.

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

BMSIS scientist, Dr. Carl Pilcher, will be among this fantastic line-up of speakers for the Evolution, Mind, Embodiment, and the Environment meet at Dharma College on 27 March! Learn more and join here: conference.bioneers.org

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

We have officially launched the applications for the 2026 BMSIS Young Scientist Program! Learn more and view our available projects for this year here: bmsis.org/ysp/projects/

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Registration for the IAU online symposium (#404) is due by Friday, 20 February. IAUS 404: Advancing the Search for Technosignatures will take place 2-6 March and explore the current science of technosignature research. Learn more and register at iaus404.bmsis.org

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Intriguing findings in this new paper suggest that long chain organic content in a sample studied by the Curiosity may have been much higher at the time of deposition and could indicate biology as one possible reason for it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Learn about opportunities, events, the activities of Blue Marble Space researchers, and more in the February issue of the BMS Insider! mailchi.mp/bmsis/bms-in...

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Blue Marble Space @bluemarblespace.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

NASA's Europa Clipper ICONS (Inspiring Clipper: Opportunities for Next-Generation Scientists) program is now accepting applications! Note that applicants have until COB February 27, 2026 to apply.

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