What connects cosmic hydrogen to drowned medieval lands? New installation with Indra Wouters & Walter Vermeulen for MAP–Mercator Award at WARP. Water from Saeftinghe splits into hydrogen and oxygen + cosmic hydrogen detected by radio dish on the roof. Finissage Sunday 2pm: t.ly/uigkA

#climate #art

Hawking's 1971 black hole prediction confirmed. Two merging black holes 1.3B light-years away increased their combined surface area from 240k to 400k km², proving it never decreases. Detected via gravitational waves.

I was interviewed about this on EenVandaag: t.ly/XJnJE [21:10]

#blackholes #LIGO

Excited to announce I've been advising "Lunar Strike", a new sci-fi adventure game launching 2026! Set on humanity's last lunar colony in 2119, you're racing to preserve our heritage before catastrophe strikes. No combat, just exploration & hard science. Trailer: youtu.be/Fca0ECxhcDI

#space #gaming

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.

Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:

www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

A little snippet on how studying other planets helps us understand climate change here on Earth. 🧪

youtu.be/YD0fAJbUlnk

New #blogpost:
My thoughts on the Kenya #spacedebris event from December 30, including a reentry simulation with TUDAT:
sattrackcam.blogspot.com/2025/01/poss...

Knack interview: Italy’s PM Meloni may use Musk’s Starlink for government and military communications—raising big security risks. Meanwhile, EU plans its own IRIS2 satellite network. Shared right-wing views link Meloni & Musk. Read more here [in Dutch]: t.ly/g-REO

#SpaceX #Musk #Meloni #Security

Europe is stepping up resilience with IRIS², its new satellite network for secure communication and defense. Joining Galileo and Copernicus, IRIS² strengthens independence in uncertain times. I was interviewed about its strategic impact on VRT NWS. Full interview on t.ly/VjQq3

#IRIS2 #ESA #EU

Back in October, I had a blast at the Space Citizen Forum during ESA Open Day at ESTEC! Joined space experts like astronauts Thomas Reiter, Bill McArthur, and Jerry Ross, and discussed space biology and multigenerational exploration. Huge thanks to Jutta Krause for the invite!

#ESA #spacebiology

Our paper "Bio-futures for Transplanetary Habitats" is out! Covering biotech and biosocial approaches for designing extreme habitats. Topics include mycelium-based materials and sustainable living off-world. Download: doi.org/10.1017/btd....

#spacearchitecture #spaceforearth #extremeenvironments