The labs working in public
Each lab shares its science as it happens, and runs open research projects you can join to work alongside the researchers who own the questions.
4 labs7 open research projects
Gravitational Wave Paleontology Lab3 episodes4 open projectsApply to Gravitational Wave Paleontology LabReconstructing the lives of massive stars across cosmic time through black hole fossils.
The audio series
Cosmic FossilsReading the universe's history in gravitational waves.
Morningstar Missions is searching the clouds of Venus for signs of life, based at MIT in partnership with Rocket Lab.
The audio series
Life in Battery AcidThe search for life in the sulfuric clouds of Venus.
Detecting exoplanet atmospheres by blocking starlight for life signs analysis.
The audio series
Project StarshadeBlocking starlight to directly image Earth-like exoplanets and search for life.
An exoplanet astrophysics group asking what makes a world habitable, and how small a planet can hold liquid water.
The audio series
Living WorldsThe search for planets that can stay alive.
Recent episodes
The latest from every lab
Gravitational Wave Paleontology Lab23 minS1E1: The Dinosaurs of the Universe
Gravitational Wave Paleontology Lab18 minS1E0: Welcome to Cosmic Fossils
Limits of Habitability16 minS1E2: When the Map Is Wrong
Limits of Habitability16 minS1E1: The Zone
Project Starshade25 minS1E2: The Physics of a Better Shadow
Project Starshade24 minS1E1: Ten Billion to One
Gravitational Wave Paleontology Lab15 minFeatured Talk: Gravitational-Wave Paleontology
Morning Star Missions to Venus8 min The chemistry on Earth's sister planet doesn't add up
Morning Star Missions to Venus13 minS3E1: Molecules That Shouldn't Survive