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The Center for Planetary Systems Habitability is an interdisciplinary research center at The University of Texas at Austin. linktr.ee/cpshhabitability

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CPSH Habitability @uthabitability.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Meet the PPN, a group of undergrad, grad, and postdoc students interested in planetary sciences supported by CPSH. During this final day of #UT40for40, your gifts will directly support students like these. To make a donation, please visit: bit.ly/42IBLfn
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CPSH Habitability @uthabitability.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
As part of #UT40for40 CPSH is raising support for our Student Travel Grant and Fellowship programs - critical resources that allow students to attend conferences, present their work, and pursue innovative research in planetary science and habitability. Make a gift today: bit.ly/42IBLfn
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CPSH Habitability @uthabitability.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Join CPSH on Monday, April the 27th for our #CPSHSeminarSeries with Christopher German from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute! Check out the link in our bio to learn more.
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CPSH Habitability @uthabitability.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Save the date - April 29-30 is #UT40for40! This year, contributions to the Center for Planetary Sciences Habitability will go directly to support students and postdoctoral researchers through fellowships and travel grants. Join us next week to support the next generation of planetary researchers!
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CPSH Habitability @uthabitability.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Next week's #CPSHSeminar brings Andrea Banzatti from Texas State University! Join CPSH on April 13th from 1-2PM at PMA 15.216B or online via Zoom at the link in our bio.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 07/04/2026
See the first close-up photos of the moon from NASA's Artemis II mission:
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See the first close-up photos of the moon from NASA's Artemis II mission
The crew spent about seven hours circling the moon, taking photographs and making observations of never-before-seen features.
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
An elegant mix of math and gravity powers the Artemis II “free return” trajectory from Earth to the moon and back
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How gravity will guide the Artemis II spacecraft back to Earth
An elegant mix of math and gravity powers the Artemis II “free return” trajectory from Earth to the moon and back
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CPSH Habitability @uthabitability.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Next week's #CPSHSeminar brings Stephen Kane from the University of California, Riverside. Join CPSH on March 23rd from 1-2PM at PMA 15.216B or online via Zoom at the link in our bio.
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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
NASA is planning to roll its moon mission rocket back out later this month, with an April 1 target launch date
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NASA says it’s a ‘go’ for a fresh Artemis II moon launch attempt but admits risks remain
NASA is planning to roll its moon mission rocket back out later this month, with an April 1 target launch date
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Brett Baker @archaeal.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Having a hard time keeping up with the fast-moving field of origin of eukaryotes/Asgards archaea? Our new perspective article can help, we review the status of research over the last decade and where it's going. The archaeal roots of eukaryotic life www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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CPSH Habitability @uthabitability.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Got design skills? Show them off! 💫 We’re hosting the 4th annual Texas Area Planetary Science Meeting, and we want your help designing our logo! Think space. Think Texas. Think UT Austin. 🤘🌎 Submit your design for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card! Deadline: April 17, 2026
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Science Magazine @science.org · 11/03/2026
Researchers in #ScienceAdvances have determined that NASA’s 2022 Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is the first to cause a deliberate change in the heliocentric orbit of a celestial body. scim.ag/4aNL1ny
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Direct detection of an asteroid’s heliocentric deflection: The Didymos system after DART
NASA’s DART mission changed the orbit of the Didymos system, revealing insights into the physical traits of its two asteroids.
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Daniel Clery @danclery.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Universe’s brightest stellar explosions may be powered by highly magnetic neutron stars | Science | AAAS 🔭🧪@science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
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Universe’s brightest stellar explosions may be powered by highly magnetic neutron stars
Peculiar bumps in light from supercharged supernovae point to a stellar remnant surrounded by a wobbling disk of matter
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 18/02/2026
One of the biggest questions in biology is how complex cells evolved about 2 billion years ago. Here's my new story on how scientists are solving the mystery of eukaryotes like us. Gift link: nyti.ms/4qMbo22
A pilot in a submersible vehicle collecting sediments samples in 30 meters of water looking for Asgards (microbial relatives of eukaryotes)
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Texas Science @handle.invalid · 18/02/2026
Some of our earliest microbial ancestors, the Asgard archaea, were able to use oxygen, says new study in @nature.com. It may solve a mystery about how complex life first arose. #AsgardArchaea #MicrobialEcology #Eukaryogenesis #TexasScience @utmsi.bsky.social @archaeal.bsky.social
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A Break in a Longstanding Mystery about Origin of Complex Life
Breathe easy. It appears our microbial ancestors used oxygen, too.
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Nature Microbiology @natmicrobiol.nature.com · 22/02/2026
#NatMicroPicks Aerobic archaeal-eukaryotic ancestor? 🦠🫁 The ancestor of eukaryotes may have combined hydrogen metabolism with aerobic respiration, shaping early cellular complexity. #MicroSky www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Oxygen metabolism in descendants of the archaeal-eukaryotic ancestor - Nature
Sequencing of marine sediments finds 136 newly identified Heimdallarchaeia and several novel lineages, and indicates that Heimdallarchaeia evolved distinct metabolic capabilities from other Asgar...
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CNN @cnn.com · 05/03/2026
Scientists are one step closer to understanding the origins of complex life on Earth after shedding new light on a mystery about our microbial ancestors. cnn.it/4srOEWd
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Brett Baker @archaeal.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
New paper from my team detailing a greatly expanded genomic database of Asgard archaea revealing of high energy metabolism those related to eukaryotes! Led by @katyappler.bsky.social lots of help from @jameslingford.bsky.social @valdeanda.bsky.social @kassipan.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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