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

From the nuclear colonisation of the Pacific to the Moon.

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

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 🧪🔭

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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”

Don'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...

So, 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=942

Supercluster 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...

“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...