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Yet another #earthling - Conehead Praying Mantis (Empusa pennata) Pic: Marta Albareda via Facebook. Next time you watch a SciFi flick and think the aliens are improbable - imagine what we'll find on worlds we'll explore on #astrobiology expeditions. Let's get started.

At last report, the Europa Clipper spacecraft is power positive, thermally stable, dynamically stable, and traveling at astonishing speed. And so are you – don't let anyone tell you different! You got this. #MondayMotivation

Sister ship ARCHIVED - NASA Voyager 1 is ~23h 02m 31s of light travel time from Earth (2024:339:120000:1L)

WOW - Alien Earths is on "The Times and Sunday Times" science book of the year list! And what great company of books! So amazing! I am so excited! Allen Lane St. Martin's Press

"Alien Earths: Planet Hunting in the Cosmos," a "vivid trip through the cosmos" by Cornell Astronomy professor Lisa Kaltenegger, is on The Times and The Sunday Times list of The 8 Best Science Books of 2024 ⭐️ thetimes.com/article/78fa15…

One Final Update of the Year: 5 New Planets and Spectra for 6 Planets🎉 The #NASAExoArchive finishes 2024 by adding 5 more planets, bringing our confirmed planet count to 5,811. We've also added new spectra to our Atmospheric Spectroscopy Table. exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu

Farthest ever landing. Titan landing. It's a shame many people don't know we landed on a moon of Saturn.

Since the first planet beyond our solar system was id'd 30 years ago, thousands more have been found. On Quanta Magazine's The Joy of Why, exoplanet expert Lisa Kaltenegger of Cornell Astronomy & Carl Sagan Institute shares how we’ll know we’re not alone in the cosmos. quantamagazine.org/how-will-we-kn…

28 years ago today that voice for reason, science, democracy, compassion and hope was silenced. In this season of darkness it’s up to us. - Ann Druyan (Carl Sagan, November 9th, 1934 - December 20th, 1996)

This is the silhouette of 1,122-km-wide Dione in front of Saturn: a view captured with Cassini 14 years ago on December 20, 2010. Synthesized color from a single clear-filter greyscale image.

How Will We Know We’re Not Alone? Listen in - with the amazing Janna Levin quantamagazine.org/how-will-we-kn… via Quanta Magazine Carl Sagan Institute CornellArts&Sciences

🌌NEW EPISODE🌌 Space is fundamentally quite weird, and seldom as weird as the many exoplanets we've recently discovered. But what actually are exoplanets? Emma Kennedy is joined by Lisa Kaltenegger, author of Alien Earth to find out. Listen now! 🔊⬇️ linktr.ee/whypodcast

PSSSSSST.... Curious about finding life in the Cosmos - and maybe space dinosaurs and purple worlds? Welcome to my TED Talks - it just posted. ted.com/talks/lisa_kal… Enjoy & please share. #TED #TEDNext #alienearths #cornell #astrobiology #exoplanets #carlsagan Carl Sagan Institute

Why are planets so weird? What a great question - listen in Why? with Emma Kennedy for some clues.

WOW, so exciting to hear that Alien Earths is in the Top 10 Science Books of 2024 list! Exciting! Science Book Club