OpinionDecember 5, 2022
NASA’s Plan to Make JWST Data Immediately Available Will Hurt Astronomy
By releasing astronomers’ data before they’ve had a chance to analyze the information, NASA will make research less fair and equitable
Stories by Jason Wright
Jason Wright is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Pennsylvania State University, where he is director of the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center. He and his team use many of the world's most powerful telescopes to study stars and planetary systems, and to search for life elsewhere in the universe.
OpinionFebruary 7, 2018
NASA Should Start Funding SETI Again
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence should be a part of the agency’s Astrobiology mission—but thanks to a 1993 law, it’s not
Space & PhysicsAugust 14, 2017
Voyager Golden Records 40 Years Later: Real Audience Was Always Here on Earth
What message would you send to outer space?