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Andrew J. SteinmetzShame! I was hoping to book a trip to visit K2-18b to visit some aliens. Still a strong signal for liquid water! <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Exoplanets" target="_blank">#Exoplanets</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Astronomy" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Science" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Biology" target="_blank">#Biology</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Exobiology" target="_blank">#Exobiology</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Space" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23JWST" target="_blank">#JWST</a> 🧪🔭🧬 arXiv: <a href="https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2507.12622" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">doi.org/10.48550/arX...</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/science/astronomy-k218b-biosignature-life.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Z08.Yrvu.heCKI_lb3FEj" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Hints of Life on Exoplanet Rec...</a>

Phil StookeJack Farmer of NASA Ames chose sites from the Landing Site Catalog with exobiology potential - where remains of past life might be preserved. Mostly this meant sites with evidence of water such as channels or lake beds. The Viking sites were added for comparison but ranked low for exobiology potential. These were studied in 1995 to help plan future missions but not directed at a specific mission proposal. After this we will see some more Russian plans. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mars</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exobiology</a>

Ars Technica NewsNASA robot for drilling on icy moons tested on Alaskan glacier <a href="https://arstechni.ca/ZWsM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechni.ca/ZWsM</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/planetaryscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#planetaryscience</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exobiology</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Enceladus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enceladus</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/icymoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#icymoon</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Europa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Europa</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Space</a>

Prof LutzBon bin la bonne nouvelle, c'est que le Grand Filtre (cf paradoxe de Fermi) ne serait pas devant nous, mais bien derrière nous: l'endosymbiose qui a permis l'apparition (hasardeuse!) des cellules eukaryotes.Voir le vidéo ci-dessous. Peut-être un des derniers PBS Spacetime? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abvzkSJEhKk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abvzkSJEhKk</a><a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/FermiParadox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FermiParadox</a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exobiology</a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#evolution</a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/mankind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mankind</a> <a href="https://jasette.facil.services/tags/aliens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aliens</a>

Alberto ChimalMi niño interior está emocionadísimo. ¿Hay <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/vida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vida</a> como la conocemos en el misterioso <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/planeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#planeta</a> K2-18b? 🌑 My inner child is full of joy and wonder. Is there <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#life</a> as we know it on the mysterious <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#planet</a> K2-18b?<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/science/astronomy-exoplanets-habitable-k218b.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ak8.CzDQ.aPVDV9SrlnCl&smid=nytcore-android-share" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/science/astronomy-exoplanets-habitable-k218b.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ak8.CzDQ.aPVDV9SrlnCl&smid=nytcore-android-share</a><a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/exoplanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exoplanets</a> <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exobiology</a> <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/K218b" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#K218b</a> <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/ScientificResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScientificResearch</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@arstechnica</a> it won't be helped by Trump's proposed 50% cuts to NASA either. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NASA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exoplanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exoplanets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exobiology</a>

csAstronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they remain cautious. Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the astronomers, have detected the chemical fingerprints of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and/or dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), in the atmosphere of the exoplanet K2-18b, which orbits its star in the habitable zone. <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exobiology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/astrobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astrobiology</a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-astronomers-strongest-life-planet.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2025-04-astronomers-strongest-life-planet.html</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈There are other explanations for these readings, don't let the Media hype run away with you. Some day soon though, we'll have irrefutable evidence of life baring worlds and our trivial Terran issues will seem small for a while. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/17/scientists-hail-strongest-evidence-so-far-for-life-beyond-our-solar-system" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/17/scientists-hail-strongest-evidence-so-far-for-life-beyond-our-solar-system</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exoplanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exoplanets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exobiology</a>

SPQRNo 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. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exobiology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aliens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aliens</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#physics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chemistry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NASA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JPL</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/science/astronomy-exoplanets-habitable-k218b.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/science/astronomy-exoplanets-habitable-k218b.html</a>

Paul Houle🌙 Lunar polar regions could have microbes, modeling study suggests<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-lunar-polar-regions-microbes.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2025-04-lunar-polar-regions-microbes.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#biology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microbes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microbes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bacteria</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exobiology</a>

Paul Houle☝️ Molecule's 'fingerprint' may help explain formation of life on Earth<a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-molecule-fingerprint-formation-life-earth.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2025-03-molecule-fingerprint-formation-life-earth.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/planets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#planets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exoplanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exoplanets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#life</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exobiology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chemistry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spectroscopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spectroscopy</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<a href="https://mastodon.social/@setiinstitute" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@setiinstitute</a> It's not impossible for Tardigrades to have made it out to Alpha Centauri.....<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exobiology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlphaCentauri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlphaCentauri</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Space</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Gasp! What I thought was 72 Herculis, was actually V772 Herculis! V772 Herculis is a Quintuple star system, and one star is particular sun like so I can plonk the Porygon planetary system thereIncidentally, the primary of V772 Herculis is an eclipsing variable of G and K type dwarfs, a 21 hour cycle of two eclipses by the cooler star should fuck up a habitable planet too much, right? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Worldbuilding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exoplanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exoplanets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exobiology</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈We are getting closer to seeing that "small blue dot" around another nearby star....so long as Elon and Trump don't close it all down out of spiteMaybe they are that racist they hate Aliens too? Fuck only knows what goes on in their Mediocre White Male brains.It's like anything that gives people hope or joy, they want to control or destroy. <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-alien-life-gases.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2025-03-alien-life-gases.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exoplanets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exoplanets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exobiology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NASA</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Do I think Elon Musk is so racist that he hates actual Space Aliens and will close down anything SETI or Exobiological at NASA?I guess we're going to find out, aren't we?<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SETI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SETI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exobiology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NASA</a>

EquationeerI'm still working on my new system, which I've decided to call (for now) "Aetherfall". In doing this I've been thinking about how I want to make a variety of races with scientific underpinnings.<a href="https://db.moltenaether.com/en/content/life-types" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://db.moltenaether.com/en/content/life-types</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorldBuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WorldBuilding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpeculativeBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpeculativeBiology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aetherfall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aetherfall</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlienRaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlienRaces</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ScienceFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScienceFantasy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TTRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TTRPG</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpaceOpera</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exobiology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RPG</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Thinking that there could be planets out the which are nothing but Fungi and they could outnumber the planets like ours. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FungiFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FungiFriday</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exobiology</a>

Tikitu/Expedition/ by Wayne Barlowe is back in print! It still ain’t cheap, but my used copy was quite a bit more expensive than this. <a href="https://www.echopointbooks.com/art/expedition?rq=BARLOWE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.echopointbooks.com/art/expedition?rq=BARLOWE</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exobiology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpeculativeBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpeculativeBiology</a>

smegLast night, I found a planet worth over 180 million creds in exobio data. 9 species.<a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/elitedangerous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#elitedangerous</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/spacegames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spacegames</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/spaceexploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spaceexploration</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/spacesim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spacesim</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/elitedangerousodyssey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#elitedangerousodyssey</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/pcgaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pcgaming</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://assortedflotsam.com/tags/exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exobiology</a>

Knowledge Zone<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KnowledgeBit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KnowledgeBit</a>: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Astrobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astrobiology</a>, also known as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Exobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exobiology</a>, is a multidisciplinary scientific field that investigates the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe. It seeks to understand how life began on Earth and whether it exists elsewhere.<a href="https://knowledgezone.co.in/trends/explorer?topic=Astrobiology" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://knowledgezone.co.in/trends/explorer?topic=Astrobiology</a>

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