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Last week, SkyMapper was at Assises de l’Espace. It was a great opportunity to connect with leaders across the space industry, exchange ideas, and discuss the future of astronomy and space technology. A big thank you to Thales Alenia Space for hosting us at their booth and for the warm welcome.

Space is getting crowded. 🛰️ One SkyQueue observation captured four satellites crossing the same field of view—including the geostationary EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS. As Earth's orbital traffic grows, continuous observation becomes more important than ever.

A nearby Super Earth is now confirmed to orbit within its star's habitable zone. 🌍🌌 As more potentially habitable worlds are discovered, preserving and validating astronomical data becomes more important than ever. www.universetoday.com/articles/nea...

Nearby "Super Earth" Could Host Life After All

Using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory, astronomers have taken a closer look at a nearby exoplanet and discovered it may be more Earth-like than previously thought.Using the Hobby-Eb...

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The SkyMapper @kickstarter.com continues after a successful campaign! You haven't missed your chance. Late Pledges are live, so you can still secure your rewards and support the future of decentralized astronomy. www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

SkySphere: Building an Intelligent All-Sky Camera Network

Real-time sky monitoring powered by intelligent cameras and continuous, trusted observational data.

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49 lasers. 49 square miles of San Francisco. One unforgettable view. ✨ The 7X7 installation turned Civic Center into a field of light, inviting people to step inside the beams and look up. Sometimes the best way to connect with the sky starts right here on Earth. 🌌

Packed room in North Beach, SF for @allplanets.bsky.social’s Lectures on Tap talk: “From Exoplanets to E.T.: The Hunt for Cosmic Company.” From @setiinstitute.bsky.social and AI to Laser SETI, UAPs, and citizen science networks like @unistellar.bsky.social and SkyMapper.

July skies are packed. 🌌 Mars meets Uranus. Saturn’s rings return. M57 and M17 shine. SkyMapper nodes are mapping planetary events and deep-space targets all month, one observation at a time. skymapper.io/blog/july-20...

July 2026: The Core Shift, Extreme Transients, and Smart-Array Deep-Sky Mapping

The July 2026 SkyMapper briefing directs users of Unistellar arrays to capture key celestial events, including planetary alignments, the Ring and Swan nebulae, and Saturn's rings. The directive emphas...

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From stellar remnants to distant galaxies, the sky keeps delivering. ✨ Incredible captures from Tyler Bray from our partners Light-Year Astronomical Association using SkyViewer: 🌌 Western Veil Nebula 🌌 M101 🌌 M102 The universe is closer than ever, one observation at a time.

When Jill Tarter, co-founder of @setiinstitute.bsky.social, visited @skymapper.bsky.social, she captured why we are building SkySphere: To watch the sky continuously and globally, and discover what we did not know to look for. The unexpected is where astronomy gets exciting. youtu.be/S7mjb-UnvlY

Jill Tarter on SkySphere and the Future of SkyMapper

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The Moon is getting busier. Even with only a handful of objects in lunar orbit, spacecraft are already performing collision-avoidance maneuvers. By 2030, more than 100 new payloads are expected to head toward the Moon.

Not every satellite is easy to spot. This is PRISMA, Italy's Earth observation satellite, captured by the SkyMapper network from Wisconsin. Its Sun-synchronous orbit makes ground observations more challenging, making detections like this especially rewarding.

A bright Moon isn't the end of the night. Using a telescope in Christchurch, New Zealand, SkyMapper CEO @allplanets.bsky.social captured 47 Tucanae and the spectacular Helix Nebula. With SkyMapper, the sky is always open somewhere, and it's free for everyone to explore.

Good science isn't about having the most exciting explanation. It's about having the strongest evidence. SkyMapper CEO and @setiinstitute.bsky.social astronomer @allplanets.bsky.social gives his perspective on UAP research. www.alternet.org/trump-ufos-m...

'Like a kid in a candy story': Trump appoints polarizing UFO scientist to top committee

On Tuesday President Donald Trump appointed a famous and controversial Harvard theoretical physicist, cosmologist and astronomer to lead a group of scientists to investigate UFOs and whether they pose...

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Happy Asteroid Day☄️ The sky is constantly changing, and many of the most important events overhead happen without warning. That's why continuous observation matters. Because the first step toward understanding our sky is making sure someone is watching. asteroidday.org

Asteroid Day Live

Asteroid Day is a UN-sanctioned global awareness campaign. Join our Asteroid Day LIVE broadcast, 48 hours of content and commentary from around the world, hosted by Prof. Brian Cox.

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Every new spacecraft launched is another object that eventually has to come home. With SpaceX's new Starfall reentry capsule, tracking atmospheric reentries becomes even more important for safety, verification, and situational awareness.

SkyMapper CEO and @setiinstitute.bsky.social astronomer@allplanets.bsky.social joined Mat Kaplan and fellow panelists at Space Tech Expo to discuss why innovation works best when researchers, entrepreneurs, and organizations like NASA work together.

Real-world adoption starts with real-world infrastructure. That's why we chose Avalanche to power a global network of telescopes, AI-enabled sky sensors, and verifiable observations. Built for production. Built to scale.

⏳ 6 days left. SkySphere has already reached its Kickstarter goal, and we're incredibly grateful for the support. SkySphere helps monitor satellites, meteors, drones, aircraft, weather conditions, and other sky events while contributing to a growing global observation network.

A potential extraterrestrial signal shouldn't depend on one telescope, one institution, or one observer. The IAA's updated SETI protocols reinforce a simple idea: discoveries must be independently verified. That's why global observation networks matter. skymapper.io/blog/extraor...

Extraordinary Evidence Requires a Global Observation Network

The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) has released a major update to its SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) protocol, marking its first revision in over 15 years. This updated D...

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