Nice to share some reflections on rehearsing plural futures and the ecological and cosmic questions bubbling through our improvisation work about collective futures and the scientific search for life beyond Earth - and to celebrate the brilliant imagery of illustrator Will Scobie.

An invitation to tune in to Reveil 13, a 25-hour broadcast of the dawn chorus as the sun rises around the planet. Listen live: soundtent.org/reveil/#/ 4pm NZ, Sat 2 MAY to 5pm NZ, Sun 3 MAY You can tune in online or listen via Mouthfull mouthfull.live across the weekend. #radio #commons #Reveil13

We’re looking forward to a special Earth Day meeting on citizen science w. Megan Li from UCLA SETI and our colleagues in Aotearoa New Zealand, Hari Mogoșanu astrobiology.nz & @kategenevieve.bsky.social. All welcome, esp. curious students. 22 April, 8.30pm UK/BST events.humanitix.com/earth-day-se...

Special Earth Day Citizen Science SETI Session

Help Search for Extraterrestrial Technosignatures, open as an intergenerational meeting for the curious - students, teachers, researchers and the wider public

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Our friends at Soundcamp have announced their 13th annual dawn chorus planetary broadcast, Reveil. 24+1hr across the weekend of the 2nd-3rd May 2026. More info and to participate: soundtent.org/reveil.html

Through March we’re shifting our web infrastructure (Squarespace/Google/Zoom) to WordPress, Nextcloud w. a self‑hosted server to better root our ethical commitments. It’s a big task. Grateful to Nīkau for the training & support. Thoroughly recommend to any org thinking of doing the same - nikau.io

Read "Nuclear Settler Colonialism at Sea" by Jessica Hurley, from the Dec 2022 issue of American Quarterly Available at @projectmuse.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/article/871662

Astro Ecologies@astroecologies.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Stark warning in critical nuclear scholarship on how this all plays out. Jessica Hurley’s "Nuclear Settler Colonialism at Sea" traces how US nuclear programmes used settler-colonial legal doctrines of property and appropriation to previously “unclaimed” ocean spaces: muse.jhu.edu/article/871662

From the nuclear colonisation of the Pacific to the Moon.

IEEE Spectrum@spectrum.ieee.org · 11mo ago

The new #space race is on: To begin the process of maintaining human presence on the Moon, China, Russia, and the U.S. are racing to put a #nuclear reactor on the lunar surface. spectrum.ieee.org/lunar-nuclea...

On Nov 8, we met at Space Place and online to plant seeds for Te Wānanga o Hina, a gathering for lunar futures across Aotearoa, Australia, Vanuatu, Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. An event in collaboration with Taipōrutu (Māhia), AELA, Te Herenga Waka–VUW & @astroecologies.bsky.social. hinawananga.nz 1/12

We can't see dark matter directly, so studying it pushes the boundaries of our creativity as scientists. How exciting, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Why dark matter is still one of the biggest open problems in science

We can't see dark matter directly, so studying it pushes the boundaries of our creativity as scientists. How exciting, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

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3/4. En esta imagen se muestra el mismo campo estelar del Cometa C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) sin limpiar. En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales). Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.

We had a lovely time last week visiting the Vic Pride Centre - picked up a bunch of queer books (possible future podcast episodes?) and also saw an exhibition by the artist Andrew Goodman, exploring worlds with different modes of gender, sexuality and reproduction, and inspired by Ursula K Le Guin!

The moon rises beyond boundaries and lifts my heart ascending

Hawaiian Skies: Makaliʻi 2025 by Leilehua Yuen @leilehuayuen.bsky.social, Hawaiʻi Culture and Language Resident at the International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab www.maunakeaobservatories.org/stories/hawa... #Maunakea 🧪🔭

Hawaiian Skies: Makaliʻi 2025 — Maunakea Observatories

The night sky is full of stories, lessons, and wisdom that have been passed down for generations. Leilehua Yuen takes us through these stories and more in her Hawaiian Skies series, guiding us through...

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Up on the Sunshine Coast tomorrow there's a great example of creative approaches to whale communication. A deep listening journey with Kabi Kabi artist Lyndon Davis, live streaming Humpback Whale song from underwater hydrophones for ANAT SPECTRA::Reciprocity at UniSC: www.anat.org.au/reciprocity-...

Our members @drpriaero.bsky.social and @catherineq.bsky.social quoted in @thespinoff.bsky.social on NZ's MethaneSat involvement: thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin...

What went wrong with MethaneSat – and who should answer for it?

New Zealand’s first publicly funded space mission has ended with a lost satellite and a debate about how we spend our money in space.<br />

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To replace the self-fulfilling prophecy that space is “congested, contested and competitive”, we need a new mantra, one that offers solutions: “Communication, cooperation and collaboration”. Check out my Substack this week and say the mantra with me. open.substack.com/pub/spacecit...

Communication, Cooperation and Collaboration in Space

Why these words matter

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For folk interested in international perspectives on SETI (the search for extraterrestrial intelligence): a presentation from @gabriela-radulescu.bsky.social on Armenia & the former Czechoslovakia combining science, politics & ancient cultural–astronomical traditions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=059T...

Earthly & extraterrestrial connections: CETI/SETI in Armenia & Czechoslovakia | Gabriela Radulescu

YouTube video by Cosmoimaginaries

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The Perseverance rover on Mars has observed unusual minerals associated with organic matter — raising questions about the geochemistry of ancient Mars. go.nature.com/469V1nr

Mystery Martian minerals hint at the planet’s complex geochemical past

The Perseverance rover on Mars has observed unusual minerals associated with organic matter — raising questions about the geochemistry of ancient Mars.

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Our May Editorial celebrates the many ways in which ecologists study the natural world 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Can I offer you some interesting results about the Uranian satellites in this trying time? My colleagues at JPL, APL, Purdue, and I have been leveraging knowledge about the dwarf planet Ceres to understand these distant moons - and their cryovolcanic potential: www.universetoday.com/articles/ura...

Uranus’ Moons Could Have Cryovolcanism from Potential Interior Oceans

What can cryovolcanism on the dwarf planet Ceres teach us about potential cryovolcanism on Uranus’ five largest moons, which include Oberon, Umbriel, Ariel, Titania, and Miranda? This is what two stud...

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From Skylar Grayson: Today’s paper explores how JWST was able to observe 44 individual stars in a galaxy eight and a half billion light years away! 🔭✨☄️ astrobites.org/2025/03/19/d...

Here There Be (Star-Filled) Dragons

Today's paper explores how JWST was able to observe 44 individual stars in a galaxy eight and a half billion light years away!

astrobites.org

Excited to launch the next Cosmoimaginaries season with a talk from Gabriela Radulescu: 📡 Earthly and extraterrestrial connections: CETI / SETI in Armenia & Czechoslovakia (the search for extraterrestrial intelligence) Fri 21st March 9am NZDT All welcome. Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Te Kāhui Tupua: Taranaki Maunga granted legal personhood www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/30/t...

Te Kāhui Tupua: Taranaki Maunga granted legal personhood

Taranaki and its peaks – Panitahi, Patuhā, Kaitake and Pouākai – are now a legal person called Te Kāhui Tupua.

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Sharing our recent pub here and relational science model of practice (see visual map 🌀). "A values-centered relational science model: supporting Indigenous rights and reconciliation in research" ecologyandsociety.org/vol29/iss2/a...

Aotearoa New Zealand's growing space sector presents a unique opportunity to rethink space sustainability. This goes far beyond mitigating space debris, calling for a transdisciplinary approach that integrates diverse values and knowledge systems. [2/9]

Here's the Greenpeace submission on the Treaty Principles Bill. Feel free to use any of it that resonates with you! www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pub...

Greenpeace Submission on the Treaty Principles Bill - Greenpeace Aotearoa

Greenpeace opposes the Treaty Principles Bill in its entirety because we believe that protecting Te Tiriti is the responsibility of everyone who calls Aotearoa New Zealand home and because it&hellip;

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It's been a hectic week but we have finally got a formal press release up on our website regarding the Marsden Fund changes - needless to say, the NZAS finds nothing good here. Seems to us there's about as much of a plan for the science sector as there is for the Cook Strait ferries!

This news is appaling, but the comments in this article from colleagues in the sciences about the crucial impact of the humanities and social sciences are heartning.

Government's Marsden Fund cuts: All humanities, social sciences research funding slashed

Cutting all research funding for the fields is a massive step backwards, critics say.

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New Ambio Special issue just published Trajectories of social-ecological systems in the Global South link.springer.com/journal/1328...

Such an important study, by over 100 scientists, confirming what so many local people have already been saying. “Authorities often use frequent fuel-reduction burning to prepare for bushfires – however our findings suggest this primes ecosystems for major disruption when the next wildfire hits”

Mega fires mega study - Australian Geographic

A study involving over 100 scientists has uncovered some startling findings into how the black summer bushfires impacted animals and plants.

australiangeographic.com.au