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...

What if advanced civilizations aren't using radio? Join @setiinstitute.bsky.social astronomer & SkyMapper CEO @allplanets.bsky.social to explore Laser SETI, the "Galactic Internet" hypothesis, and how global observation networks can help detect technosignatures. 📅 June 25 www.sciencekind.com

Every dot on this map is a robotic telescope. Together, they form a decentralized observation network generating real astronomical data from locations around the world. Real hardware. Real data. Real scientific utility.

We reached our @kickstarter.com goal. And we're still going. Thank you for helping bring SkySphere to life. The campaign continues. The mission is just getting started. www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

The International Academy of Astronautics has just adopted its first major SETI post-detection protocol update in more than 15 years, establishing new standards for verification, transparency, and scientific rigor in the age of AI, social media, and misinformation.

8 years ago, Starlink was "impossible." Today, it blankets the planet with connectivity, operates the world's largest satellite constellation, and helped propel @SpaceX into the ranks of the most valuable companies on Earth. What gets dismissed as unrealistic is often where the future starts.

Ask a @setiinstitute.bsky.social astronomer anything - 11:00 PT www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...

We did it. SkySphere reached its @kickstarter.com goal 🎉 It's incredibly inspiring to see so many people share our passion for exploring, understanding, and documenting the sky above us. Thank you to everyone who backed, shared, supported, and believed in the vision. This is just the beginning.

What if humanity's view of the sky is still missing most of the picture? We detect only a fraction of the meteors entering Earth's atmosphere. Countless aerial events are observed every year, yet the data remains fragmented, unverified, and often scientifically unusable.

As new observatories generate unprecedented amounts of data, scientists have more opportunities than ever to detect the unexpected. But any potential discovery must be independently verified, transparently shared, and rigorously tested. Learn more about @skymapper.bsky.social:

Most people only ever see the sky above them. And the rest of it? With SkyViewer, you connect to telescopes across the globe and observe objects, events, and regions of the sky that you otherwise can't see from your location. The universe is bigger than your timezone. app.skymapper.io/login

Interstellar comets are rare. Catching one with a spacecraft on its way to Jupiter is even rarer. Join SkyMapper CEO @allplanets.bsky.social and Cecilia Tubiana (INAF) on June 11 to explore what ESA's Juice mission discovered about comet 3I/ATLAS ☄️

June is bringing one of the best skywatching lineups of the year. ☄️ Deep-sky nebulae 🪐 A rare Venus-Jupiter conjunction ✨ Ancient star clusters 🌌 The rising core of the Milky Way Look up. There's a lot happening this month. skymapper.io/blog/june-2026

SkyMapper CSO Tom Esposito recently visited Edwards Air Force Base and met with @usairforce88.bsky.social's Experimental Test Force hosted by Griffiss Institute. We were invited to test SkySphere's drone detection and alert capabilities in their "Game of Drones" exercises.

#DePIN was one of crypto's strongest-performing sectors in May. Networks are graduating from narratives to infrastructure. Real hardware. Real data. Real utility. That's the future SkyMapper is building toward. cryptorank.io/insights/rep...

SkyMapper CEO and @setiinstitute.bsky.social Director of Citizen Science @allplanets.bsky.social will be at Space Tech Expo USA on Thursday at 2:30 PM. Talking about distributed observation networks, the importance of verifiable data and the future of space infrastructure. Don't miss it!

Track. Detect. Replay. Monitor. Receive meteor alerts, track satellite passes, monitor changing weather conditions, detect unusual aerial activity, and capture rare sky events as they happen. With one device. SkySphere continuously watches the sky above you, turning observations into awareness.

The sky can look quiet right up until it isn't. A meteor traveling 75,000 mph exploded over Massachusetts this weekend with the energy of roughly 300 tons of TNT. It wasn't predicted. It wasn't part of a meteor shower. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

SkyMapper CEO @allplanets.bsky.social joined an incredible group of French innovators at the Drone Summit 2026 in Latvia and presented SkySphere and its real-time detection capabilities. As the skies become more active, the need for trusted, continuous observation infrastructure increases.

Europe just had another reminder: centralized radar is not enough against low-flying drones. When a drone drops altitude and disappears from alerts, interception becomes impossible. Time for decentralized, meshed sky-monitoring networks like @skymapper.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...

Europe is learning a hard lesson: traditional air defense systems were never built for low-altitude drone reality. The future of airspace security belongs to continuous awareness, distributed observation networks, and real-time detection infrastructure. That’s exactly why we built SkySphere.

SkySphere is more than a camera. It is a step toward a citizen-powered global network of trusted sky monitoring. Help bring SkySphere to Life on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/all...

Do you actually know everything that flies overhead? Satellites. Meteors. Aircraft. Drones. Transient events. SkySphere continuously watches the sky, automatically identifies objects, and surfaces meaningful events in real time without forcing anyone to manually review hours of footage.

A Blue Moon and a micromoon will align at the end of May, while Venus and Jupiter draw closer together over the western horizon 🌕 SkyMapper SkyKeepers around the world will be capturing it together on May 30–31. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/rare...

A warm welcome to our newest Skykeepers in South America 🌎✨ Curitiba 🇧🇷 Quito 🇪🇨 Valparaíso 🇨🇱 Every new node expands a growing network of people helping observe, map, and understand the sky together. The network keeps growing.

Our Kickstarter is LIVE. SkySphere is a new AI-powered all-sky observatory for continuous awareness of the world above you. Meteors. Satellites. Drones. Aircraft. Transient events. UAP. Observe. Replay. Detect. Contribute. Back the future of sky observation 👇 bit.ly/SkySphereKic...

For centuries, astronomy relied on brief moments of observation. But discovery increasingly depends on continuous awareness. That’s why we built SkySphere.

The sky above us never stops. Drones. Meteors. Satellites. Rocket launches. UAP. We built Skysphere in collaboration with @SETIInstitute as a new AI-powered all-sky observatory to continuously monitor and analyze the sky in real time.

SkyMapper CEO & @setiinstitute.bsky.social Director of Citizen Science @allplanets.bsky.social was on @francetv.bsky.social to discuss one of humanity’s biggest questions: Are we alone in the Universe? Astronomy is entering a new era of continuous global observation. www.france.tv/documentaire...

SkyMapper CEO & @setiinstitute.bsky.social Director of Citizen Science @allplanets.bsky.social is headed to Avalanche Summit NYC. Astronomy is becoming part of a much bigger conversation around AI, verifiable data, and globally connected infrastructure. And we'll be there to drive that shift.

The next space race may not be about who reaches the Moon first but about who owns the data. As commercial lunar missions accelerate, space observation records are becoming high-value infrastructure that needs to be timestamped, verified, and preserved securely. payloadspace.com/potomac-data...

People have always looked at the sky and wondered: “What was that?” That same spark of curiosity is what drives astronomers to keep looking up, mapping the sky, and trying to understand every object moving above us.

Most people have no idea what happens above them after dark. Satellites crossing silently overhead. Meteors burning through the atmosphere. Aircraft moving through invisible corridors in the sky. Entire patterns unfolding while everyone sleeps.

Most people have no idea what’s moving above them. Satellites. Meteors. Aircraft. Drones. Things crossing the sky every night unnoticed. SkySphere changes that. A 180° AI-powered sky camera built to watch the entire sky above your home and alert you the moment something appears.

#JWST just found a massive galaxy from the early universe that barely rotates at all. A system that old wasn’t supposed to look that still. The universe keeps rewriting its own rules, which is exactly why preserving observational data matters.

At the Hiller Aviation Museum this week, SkyMapper CEO @allplanets.bsky.social spoke about the future of space infrastructure: Trusted, science-rooted data shared through connected global networks. The next era of exploration will be networked.

From Namibia to Kenya, Algeria to Madagascar, the SkyMapper + Pan - African Citizen Science e - Laboratory network keeps growing 🌍🔭 We're excited to meet with citizen scientists across Africa, united by one thing: expanding access to astronomy, collaboration, and discovery.

Eta Aquarids peak this week ☄️ Up to 50 meteors/hour - fast, bright, and leaving glowing trails from Halley’s Comet. Capture every streak on SkyMapper’s global network and observe the shower from anywhere. www.space.com/stargazing/m...

What if the sky wasn’t something you looked at, but something you could move through? The SkyMapper network is open to anyone who wants to shift perspectives across continents. One moment you’re under your own sky, the next you’re tracing distant galaxies through someone else’s lens.

It's time for astronomy to become networked 🔭 SkyMapper connects telescopes worldwide into a real-time observing system to capture transient events as they happen and open access to the sky from anywhere. We're scaling discovery beyond location.

Are you looking up in May? 🔭 Tracking debris from Halley’s Comet, resolving the core of M13, catching the Needle Galaxy edge-on, and one last look at Venus & Jupiter before they fade. skymapper.io/blog/may-202...

What stayed with us the most from #NEAF 2026 was the people! From backyard observers to lifelong astronomers, everyone is looking up to understand something bigger than themselves. The tools may be evolving but it's human curiosity that remains the biggest force. skymapper.io/blog/neaf-20...

China just introduced a unified commercial space standard system in a step toward scaling the global space economy. But as infrastructure standardizes, so must the data behind it. orbitaltoday.com/2026/04/27/c...

Under Chile’s night skies, the search for life feels closer. SkyMapper CEO and @setiinstitute.bsky.social researcher Tom Esposito explains how we're helping connect telescopes worldwide through SkyMapper to create a shared view of the universe. www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily...

Space Symposium 2026 wrapped and everyone agrees: orbit is getting crowded, and understanding what’s happening up there is no longer optional. A strong week of conversations and new connections for SkyMapper. Several collaborations now in motion. More to come soon!

A Lyrid meteor, captured over Ithaca just above Vega in the constellation Lyra ✨ Observed through #SkySphere during a full night of continuous monitoring, controlled remotely and recorded as part of a live global sensing network.

In a recent #SETILive, @allplanets.bsky.social introduced @skymapper.bsky.social, a platform to connect telescopes worldwide into a unified observing network. Hosted by Dr. Lauren Sgro, the session demonstrated how this infrastructure transforms access and capability. 🧪 🔭 👩‍🔬 More:

In under 5 minutes, one of our users created an account, connected to a telescope, and began collecting data - watching the M101 galaxy on their screen in real time. Days later, their SkyGallery holds observations of galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters, all captured through the SkyMapper network.

SpaceX launched its 1,000th Starlink satellite of 2026. As constellations scale, tracking what’s in orbit becomes critical. SkyMapper is building a decentralized layer of truth, coordinating telescopes worldwide to create a verifiable record of the sky. spaceflightnow.com/2026/04/23/l...

A memorable moment from #NEAF🔭 The Space Koala talked to our partners Explore Scientific about what we're doing at SkyMapper - connecting telescopes around the world so anyone can observe the sky, anytime, from anywhere.