Reposted by Astro EcologiesKate Genevieve @kategenevieve.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Nice 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. 022
Reposted by Astro EcologiesKate Genevieve @kategenevieve.bsky.social · 01/05/2026An 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 021
Reposted by Astro EcologiesSETI Post-Detection Hub @setihub.bsky.social · 21/04/2026We’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...events.humanitix.comSpecial Earth Day Citizen Science SETI SessionHelp Search for Extraterrestrial Technosignatures, open as an intergenerational meeting for the curious - students, teachers, researchers and the wider public 043
Astro Ecologies @astroecologies.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Our 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.htmlsoundtent.orgreveil 100
Astro Ecologies @astroecologies.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Through 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.ionikau.ioNīkauWe are a global platform, information and operations security consultancy in service to NGOs, impact-driven organisations and grassroots movements 200
Reposted by Astro EcologiesHopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Read "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/871662muse.jhu.eduProject MUSE - Nuclear Settler Colonialism at Sea, or How to Civilize an Ocean 031
Astro Ecologies @astroecologies.bsky.social · 14/12/2025From the nuclear colonisation of the Pacific to the Moon. 120
Astro Ecologies @astroecologies.bsky.social · 14/12/2025On 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 1/12 173
Reposted by Astro EcologiesNew Scientist @newscientist.com · 08/12/2025We can't see dark matter directly, so studying it pushes the boundaries of our creativity as scientists. How exciting, says Chanda Prescod-Weinsteinnewscientist.comWhy dark matter is still one of the biggest open problems in scienceWe can't see dark matter directly, so studying it pushes the boundaries of our creativity as scientists. How exciting, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 052
Reposted by Astro EcologiesInstituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) @iacastrofisica.bsky.social · 28/11/20253/4. 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. 310032
Reposted by Astro EcologiesQueer as Fact @queerasfact.bsky.social · 28/11/2025We 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! 0113
Reposted by Astro EcologiesLeilehua Yuen @leilehuayuen.bsky.social · 27/01/2025The moon rises beyond boundaries and lifts my heart ascending 063
Reposted by Astro EcologiesDaniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Hawaiian 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 🧪🔭maunakeaobservatories.orgHawaiian Skies: Makaliʻi 2025 — Maunakea ObservatoriesThe 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... 093
Reposted by Astro EcologiesKate Genevieve @kategenevieve.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Up 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-... 033
Reposted by Astro EcologiesSustainable Space Initiative @ssinz.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Our members @drpriaero.bsky.social and @catherineq.bsky.social quoted in @thespinoff.bsky.social on NZ's MethaneSat involvement: thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin...thespinoff.co.nzWhat 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 /> 156
Reposted by Astro EcologiesDr Cassandra Steer @cassandrasteer.bsky.social · 30/08/2025To 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...open.substack.comCommunication, Cooperation and Collaboration in SpaceWhy these words matter 2116
Astro Ecologies @astroecologies.bsky.social · 14/09/2025For 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...youtube.comEarthly & extraterrestrial connections: CETI/SETI in Armenia & Czechoslovakia | Gabriela RadulescuYouTube video by Cosmoimaginaries 122
Reposted by Astro EcologiesNature @nature.com · 10/09/2025The Perseverance rover on Mars has observed unusual minerals associated with organic matter — raising questions about the geochemistry of ancient Mars. go.nature.com/469V1nrgo.nature.comMystery Martian minerals hint at the planet’s complex geochemical pastThe Perseverance rover on Mars has observed unusual minerals associated with organic matter — raising questions about the geochemistry of ancient Mars. 16937
Reposted by Astro EcologiesNature Ecology & Evolution @natecoevo.nature.com · 14/05/2025Our May Editorial celebrates the many ways in which ecologists study the natural world 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 02610
Reposted by Astro EcologiesDr. Adeene Denton @spacewhalerider.com · 31/03/2025Can 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...universetoday.comUranus’ Moons Could Have Cryovolcanism from Potential Interior OceansWhat 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... 2449
Reposted by Astro EcologiesAstrobites @astrobites.bsky.social · 20/03/2025From 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...astrobites.orgHere There Be (Star-Filled) DragonsToday's paper explores how JWST was able to observe 44 individual stars in a galaxy eight and a half billion light years away! 5467
Astro Ecologies @astroecologies.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Excited 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... 000
Reposted by Astro EcologiesAssiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Te Kāhui Tupua: Taranaki Maunga granted legal personhood www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/30/t...1news.co.nzTe Kāhui Tupua: Taranaki Maunga granted legal personhoodTaranaki and its peaks – Panitahi, Patuhā, Kaitake and Pouākai – are now a legal person called Te Kāhui Tupua. 0231
Reposted by Astro EcologiesIndiginerd_Dr.D @caribbeanamamajama.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Sharing 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... 14412
Reposted by Astro EcologiesSustainable Space Initiative @ssinz.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Aotearoa 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] 122
Reposted by Astro EcologiesGreenpeace Aotearoa @greenpeace.org.nz · 07/01/2025Here'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.orgGreenpeace Submission on the Treaty Principles Bill - Greenpeace AotearoaGreenpeace 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… 192
Reposted by Astro EcologiesNZAS - New Zealand Association of Scientists @nzscientists.bsky.social · 12/12/2024It'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!scientists.org.nzNew Zealand Association of Scientists - Marsden Fund changes threaten foundations of research sector 03122
Reposted by Astro EcologiesDaphna Oren @daphnao.bsky.social · 04/12/2024This 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.rnz.co.nzGovernment's Marsden Fund cuts: All humanities, social sciences research funding slashedCutting all research funding for the fields is a massive step backwards, critics say. 0145
Reposted by Astro EcologiesAmbio - A Journal of Environment and Society @ambio-journal.bsky.social · 17/11/2024New Ambio Special issue just published Trajectories of social-ecological systems in the Global South link.springer.com/journal/1328... 084
Reposted by Astro EcologiesMichelle Maloney @mishmal.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Such 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”australiangeographic.com.auMega fires mega study - Australian GeographicA study involving over 100 scientists has uncovered some startling findings into how the black summer bushfires impacted animals and plants. 051
Reposted by Astro Ecologiesabolish planets @abolishplanets.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Don't forget to register for the Abolish Planets day school this Sunday! This day school is perfect for anyone, inside or outside the world of space exploration, who is looking to build community and learn about direct action! Registration closes Friday: abolishplanets.com/events/day-s... 096
Reposted by Astro EcologiesAnne Johnson @anthroanne.bsky.social · 17/11/2024So, after months of planning, it’s finally happening. The first ever (outer) space humanities conference in Latin America, in Spanish, in person! If you’ll be in Mexico City the last week of November, stop by! investigacion.diseno.ibero.mx?page_id=942investigacion.diseno.ibero.mxHorizontes Cósmicos – Otro Diseño es Posible 193
Reposted by Astro EcologiesJuleah Kaliski @juleah.bsky.social · 12/12/2023Supercluster contributor and researcher Peter Timko spends a few months in Tokyo to get a handle on what the Japanese space industry looks like as it steps into the new space era. 🗾🚀🛰️ Awesome read: www.supercluster.com/editorial/ha... 021
Reposted by Astro EcologiesD Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 29/06/2024“Professor Rangi Matamua is rightly chuffed when he points out that public recognition and celebration of Matariki and the maramataka (Māori lunar calendar) continues to rise, year on year.” #kikorangi www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3503...stuff.co.nzStuff 0264