COSmIC Facility Group to Receive NASA Honor Award
The COSmIC Facility Group at Ames Research Center will receive the NASA Honor Award for Group Achievement. The upcoming award ...
Vanessa Polito contributes to new understanding of solar flares
A paper featuring Vanessa Polito's work on solar flares was published today in the journal Nature Astronomy. Polito is a co-author on the study, which is a collaboration with lead author Chengcai Shen of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA),…
BAERI and NASA Participate at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Over 25 BAERI and NASA Ames Science Directorate researchers presented in person or virtually at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in New Orleans, LA., December 13-17, 2021. AGU is the leading forum for advancing Earth and space science…
BAERI researcher Nikki Tulley’s work highlighted at VP Harris’ inaugural Space Council meeting
On December 1st, 2021, Vice President Kamala Harris chaired the Biden administration's first meeting of the National Space Council. Biden’s Space Council is the largest in history — new members include Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Agriculture…
BAERI’s Navdeep Panesar helps launch citizen science project to study the sun
Citizen science projects are nothing new for BAERI researchers, whether it's teaching the public to identify transiting exoplanets (Planet Hunters Coffee Chat), or building an iPad game that helps classify the world's coral reefs (NeMO-Net). We can now add one…
Alex Sehlke on the next generation of space exploration, collecting water on the Moon, and making lava at NASA Ames
Dr. Alex Sehlke is a geologist working for BAERI at NASA Ames Research Center. He brings his background of volcanology and field work to current projects focused on planetary science and exploration, including his role as a Deputy PI on NASA’s analog research…
Exoplanets! — Part 2
This two-part series is all about exoplanets, planets outside of our solar system, and how they and the stars they orbit are a key part of the search for extraterrestrial life. In this episode, Part 2, we talk with two…
Exoplanets! — Part 1
This two-part series is all about exoplanets, planets outside of our solar system, and how they and the stars they orbit are a key part of the search for extraterrestrial life. In this episode, Part 1, we talk with two…
StoryCorps features collection of scientist interviews created by BAERI team
StoryCorps, the award-winning nonprofit dedicated to preserving and sharing humanity's stories, is currently featuring Share your Science, a new collection of interviews with NASA Ames Research Center scientists, created by BAER Institute's Kassie Perlongo, Sandy Dueck, and Katrina Wesencraft. Their…
Vice magazine features work of BAERI researcher Ann Marie Cody
In November 2020, NASA awarded a grant to Ann Marie Cody and Steve Croft, a radio astronomer and a leader of the Breakthrough Listen project at the Berkeley SETI Research Center, to use TESS data to survey the sky for anomalous objects that transit across stars.