Pubs: Galactic Rays and Habitability

A new paper led by Dr. Dimitra Atri explores the effect of galactic cosmic rays on planetary habitability. The paper is titled “Galactic cosmic ray induced radiation dose on terrestrial exoplanets” and is currently in press in the journal Astrobiology. In a new episode of our podcast series “Pubs with BMSIS”, join Brendan Mullen in a conversation with Dimitra about the importance of cosmic rays in both astrobiology and daily life. [listen to the conversation]

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Podcast: Five Billion Years of Solitude – A Conversation with the Author

In a special September edition of our “Beer with BMSIS” podcast we feature a conversation with journalist and author Lee Billings about his upcoming book Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars. In his book, scheduled for release on October 3rd, Lee takes the reader on a journey through the recent history of exoplanet discoveries by introducing some of the most influential and colorful characters in the field. Carefully researched through numerous interviews with experts […]

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“Target Earth” on History 2

Airing on September 13th at 9:00 PM Eastern, the new show “Target Earth” on History 2 features BMSIS research scientist Dr. Jacob Haqq-Misra as an interviewee. The show explores the possibility of direct contact with extraterrestrial intelligent beings and considers areas where our civilization may be particularly vulnerable. A speculative scenario, “Target Earth” includes interviews with a variety of scientists, engineers, and former government officials to weave its narrative. [View the History 2 Channel Schedule]

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Podcast: Buddhism & Training for Happiness

Our “Beer with BMSIS” podcast for August features a conversation with Dr. Ryan Hastings titled Buddhism: Training for Happiness. Although his scientific training is in meteorology, Dr. Hastings describes his lifelong interest in modern Buddhist practice through the lens of interstellar travel. In particular, Ryan points out that long-term strategies for space exploration–taking place over generations of human time–will require much more than scientific prowess, and even modest space exploration endeavors of recent time have shown the importance of human […]

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Children’s Book Published by Armando Azua-Bustos

Are we alone among aaaaall these stars? While astrobiologists continue to ponder this question, BMSIS research scientist Armando Azua-Bustos published a children’s book to help explain the ideas and wonder of the search for life to young people (and their parents). The book is written for children in order to introduce them, in very simple terms, to astrobiology, the understanding of the origin of life on Earth and the possibility of its existence elsewhere in the Universe from the scientific […]

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Podcast: Cross-Disciplinarity in Astrobiology Research

July’s “Beer with BMSIS” podcast features a conversation with Dr. Arsev Aydinoglu titled Cross-disciplinarity in astrobiology research: Messy or diverse?. Trained as a social scientist, Dr. Aydinoglu discusses his experiences and current research with the NASA astrobiology institute to help think critically about interdisciplinary in astrobiology and to help identify practices that promote interdisciplinary collaborations among astrobiology teams. The tools of social science allow for some quantitative measures to be made, which can be combined with qualitative data that can […]

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Dr. Sanjoy Som Receives Lewis and Clark Award

BMSIS research scientist Dr. Sanjoy Som was selected for a 2013 Lewis and Clark Award to support field research in astrobiology. Dr. Som will be using his award to support his research in Iceland on “Hydrogen Production in Basalt-Hosted Hydrothermal Systems”. The goal of this fieldwork is to understand the suitability of basaltic rock systems for supporting life. In particular, water reacts with basaltic rocks to release hydrogen gas through many processes on Earth. This production of hydrogen gas from […]

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