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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · 14d

In a functioning society, this would have been front page news everywhere.

In our society, this didn't make the fine print.

As @georgemonbiot.bsky.social pointed out once, it's quite depressing to check the headlines when you know what the real headline should be...

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Kate Genevieve @kategenevieve.bsky.social · 14d

Yes, SETI@home was a beacon. Different times for science, tech & learning! Big fan of recent works carrying on the spirit, like the nice zooniverse project 'Are We Alone in the Universe?' from Megan Li & Jean-Luc Margot that invites folk to sort radio signal images: newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/fin...

Are we alone in the universe? UCLA astronomers enlist the public to find out

Anyone with a computer or smartphone can help scientists classify radio signals that could reveal existence of intelligent life elsewhere.

newsroom.ucla.edu

Kate Genevieve @kategenevieve.bsky.social · 14d

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-...

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 14d

Abd ar-Rahman al-Sufi. Book of Fixed Stars, 964 CE. Illustrations from 1417. Manuscript reproduced 1730
The constellation Orion

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Kate Genevieve @kategenevieve.bsky.social · 14d

Interesting to see our white paper on post-detection futures for SETI/technosignatures picked up across the media.

This article in the Oklahoman brings out the emphasis on learning from animal communication & emerging research methods for studying whale language.
www.oklahoman.com/story/lifest...

Scientific community's plan for alien contact needs updating, study says

The global scientific community, a study says, should prepare for when humanity detects signs of extraterrestrial intelligence in the internet age.

www.oklahoman.com

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Kate Genevieve @kategenevieve.bsky.social · 14d

Jason Wright, Macy Huston & colleagues at Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center (PSETI) put together something like this. Excellent yearly reviews of developments in SETI- arxiv.org/abs/2203.11172

SETI in 2021

In this second installment of SETI in 20xx, we very briefly and subjectively review developments in SETI in 2021. Our primary focus is 98 papers and books published or made public in 2021, which we so...

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Katrina Miller @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social · 14d

on a brown dwarf dozens of light years from us, astronomers have detected trace amounts of a molecule that, on this planet, is made by living things.

this discovery is not life. but it will help astronomers on their quest to find it elsewhere in the galaxy:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/s...

What a Signal in a Failed Star’s Clouds Means for the Search for Life

www.nytimes.com

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p.s @p-s-v.bsky.social · 25d

Partial Solar Eclipse
Taken by Taichi Nakamura on September 22, 2025 @ Dunedin, New Zealand

Canon R6 Borg71F+x2converter
1/8000s ISO 100

spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload...

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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · Apr 4

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This marvelous Hubble image shows the N44 superbubble complex, a turbulent emission nebula dominated by a vast bubble some 250 ly across: the dark, starry area visible in the upper central region.

➡️ science.nasa.gov/missions/hub...

NASA, ESA, V. Ksoll & D. Gouliermis, et al.; Proc: G. Kober

Hubble image of the nebula N44, in the Large Magellanic Cloud. It shows a "superbubble", a dark, starry void 250 light-years across at the upper centre, surrounded by clouds of bright red hydrogen gas, black lanes of dust and bright spots of massive stars. The deep blue area at about 5 o’clock around the superbubble stands out as the hottest and most active in star formation.

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Dr. Tessa Fisher @tessafisher.bsky.social · Jul 23

If you're a trans or non-binary scientist, consider appearing on the podcast Assigned Scientist at Bachelor's, the only podcast dedicating to interviewing, and highlighting the research of, trans and non-binary scientists, cohosted by your truly!

ASAB Guest Info

ASAB is a podcast which brings on trans and non-binary guests in science (undergrad or grad students, technicians, professors, educators, researchers, science journalists, photographers, or even someo...

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Kate Genevieve @kategenevieve.bsky.social · Sep 16

The story goes on...

"..the dust & ice that make up 3I/ATLAS are similar to those of the comets that formed within our Solar System. That suggests comets from within our Solar System & those from interstellar space share similar formation processes..”
www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/3i-atla...

Brand new image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shows it's becoming more active and getting longer as it approaches the Sun | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Comet 3I/ATLAS images by Gemini South telescope show its tail is growing and it's becoming more active as it moves through the Solar System.

www.skyatnightmagazine.com

Kate Genevieve @kategenevieve.bsky.social · Sep 16

Loved Jessica O'Reilly’s panels at #4s Seattle.

Carrying with me an expanded sense of ice as a great ecological storyteller - telling of the deep time & ecological futures of Earth, & a wider universe of bodies transforming through the same processes…

rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Sensing the ice: field science, models, and expert intimacy with knowledge

This paper analyses relationships that Antarctic glaciologists (including field scientists, modellers, and those working with remote satellite data) have formed with the Antarctic glacial environment...

rai.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Jolie Braun @joliebraun.bsky.social · Sep 9

Pages from the 1975 dream diary of William S. Burroughs, from the William S. Burroughs Papers (SPEC.CMS.40).

Day-by-day diary open to "Monday, January 6" and "Tuesday, January 7." Handwritten entries by Burroughs on both pages; the January 7th entry has text at the top that then becomes automatic writing / scribbles.

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Astro Ecologies @astroecologies.bsky.social · Sep 14

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...

Earthly & extraterrestrial connections: CETI/SETI in Armenia & Czechoslovakia | Gabriela Radulescu

YouTube video by Cosmoimaginaries

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Kate Genevieve @kategenevieve.bsky.social · Sep 6

Resonate strongly. Grateful to my senses for keeping at it. A 5AM start in Seattle this morning began with an epic “eugh” & then noticing some graphics constructed past midnight did not hit.

Kate Genevieve @kategenevieve.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Creative appreciation structured by the limits of the body... Taking care not to max the body out so hard that appreciation of the pinkness of pink is lost… That’s a nice measure.

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Kate Genevieve @kategenevieve.bsky.social · Sep 5

What day is this? I’d like to make it.

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Evan Thompson @evanthompson.bsky.social · May 13

Today is publication day! A new edition of Francisco J. Varela's (long hard-to-obtain) 1979 classic Principles of Biological Autonomy in a new annotated edition by Ezequiel Di Paolo and Evan Thompson, with a Foreword by Amy Cohen Varela. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255140...

Principles of Biological Autonomy

Francisco Varela’s Principles of Biological Autonomy was a groundbreaking text when it was first published in 1979, putting forth a novel theory of how...

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SETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · Jul 17

To celebrate the groundbreaking research of 2025 Drake Award recipients Dr. David Deamer and Dr. John Baross, the SETI Institute commissioned bioartist Dr. Jennifer Willet to create a unique artwork that brings biogenesis, the origin of life, to visual form. Read more: buff.ly/xV1Oj1L 🧪 👩‍🔬 🐡 #sciart

Dreams of Biogenesis: Visualizing the Origins of Life

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Astrobiology @astrobiology.bsky.social · Jul 28

Decoding Ladakh’s Hot Springs Could Help Trace The Origins Of Life On Early Earth And Mars
astrobiology.com/2025/07/deco... #astrobiology @ISRO @IndiaDST @BSIP_official #India #Ladakh

Decoding Ladakh's Hot Springs Could Help Trace The Origins Of Life On Early Earth And Mars - Astrobiology

In the icy high-altitude valleys of Ladakh, India, a natural hot spring in Puga valley may be holding secrets from the very dawn of life on Earth.

astrobiology.com

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SETI Post-Detection Hub @setihub.bsky.social · Jul 23

The SETI Post-Detection Hub’s NASA DARES White Paper is featured on @universetoday.com. Written by 14 members on behalf of the Hub, it outlines 6 key areas for growing readiness for the discovery of life beyond Earth.

www.universetoday.com/articles/sci...
#SETI #Readiness #Astrobiology #NASADARES

Scientists are Planning for Life After Finding Aliens

Just imagine it, the news stories are all over your phone when you wake! The day will surely come that we will discover that we are not alone in the Universe! What happens the day after though? A new ...

www.universetoday.com

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Silver Press @silver-press.bsky.social · Jul 17

The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com

When Le Guin started writing a new story, she would begin by drawing a map. The Word for World presents a selection of these images by the celebrated author, many of which for the first time

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The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin

Edited by So Mayer and Sarah Shin Pre-order: publishing October 2025 When Ursula K. Le Guin started writing a new story, she would begin by drawing a map. The Word for World presents a selection of t...

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · Jul 8

For the past two years, I've been working with a truly fantastic group of philosophers and scientists on pondering ethical issues in astrobiology and space exploration.

Our first publication is now out in @nature.com! I'd be so honored if you gave it a read!

How to chart a moral future for space exploration

Expanding human influence in outer space will require an ethical compass that is more expansive than the one conventionally used.

www.nature.com

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · Jun 30

June 30 is Asteroid Day to raise awareness of opportunities and risks posed by asteroids, their role in the formation of our solar system, their impact in space resources and importance of protecting Earth from impact. 🧪🐡🔭⚒️June 30, 1908 an approximately 12-megaton explosion that occurred near the 🧵

This is my wee little asteroid linocut (on paper 4” x 4” with 2” x 2” printed area) in silver and black ink.

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · Jun 28

This looks fascinating!
Living Amongst and with Trees: Botanical Agency and the Archaeology of Plant-Human Relationships, by Barry Taylor
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Living Amongst and with Trees: Botanical Agency and the Archaeology of Plant-Human Relationships

The last decade has seen a significant change in the way the humanities have approached the study of botanical life. Termed ‘the plant turn’, this questions traditional views of plants as a largely...

www.tandfonline.com

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