Astro Ecologies

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-...

What went wrong with MethaneSat – and who should answer for it? New Zealand’s first publicly funded space mission has ended with a lost satellite and a debate about how we spend our money in space.<br />

Our members @drpriaero.bsky.social and @catherineq.bsky.social quoted in @thespinoff.bsky.social on NZ's MethaneSat involvement:

thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin...

Communication, Cooperation and Collaboration in Space Why these words matter

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...

YouTube video by Cosmoimaginaries Earthly & extraterrestrial connections: CETI/SETI in Armenia & Czechoslovakia | Gabriela Radulescu

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...

Mystery Martian minerals hint at the planet’s complex geochemical past The Perseverance rover on Mars has observed unusual minerals associated with organic matter — raising questions about the geochemistry of ancient Mars.

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

Screenshot of the full text of the May 2025 Editorial in Nature Ecology & Evolution entitled "The many flavours of ecology". The article standfirst reads "Ecologists investigate a vast range of questions, scales and organisms, which makes their methods correspondingly varied. Each approach has value, and we should celebrate the variety of this scientific field."

Our May Editorial celebrates the many ways in which ecologists study the natural world 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Uranus’ Moons Could Have Cryovolcanism from Potential Interior Oceans What can cryovolcanism on the dwarf planet Ceres teach us about potential cryovolcanism on Uranus’ five largest moons, which include Oberon, Umbriel, Ariel, Titania, and Miranda? This is what two stud...

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...

Here There Be (Star-Filled) Dragons Today's paper explores how JWST was able to observe 44 individual stars in a galaxy eight and a half billion light years away!

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 Taranaki and its peaks – Panitahi, Patuhā, Kaitake and Pouākai – are now a legal person called Te Kāhui Tupua.

Te Kāhui Tupua: Taranaki Maunga granted legal personhood
www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/30/t...

Visual figure of relational science model with integrity, respect, humility & reciprocity centering researcher commitments, actionable methods and resources, and potential outcomes

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]

Greenpeace Submission on the Treaty Principles Bill - Greenpeace Aotearoa Greenpeace opposes the Treaty Principles Bill in its entirety because we believe that protecting Te Tiriti is the responsibility of everyone who calls Aotearoa New Zealand home and because it&hellip;

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!

Government's Marsden Fund cuts: All humanities, social sciences research funding slashed Cutting all research funding for the fields is a massive step backwards, critics say.

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...

Mega fires mega study - Australian Geographic A study involving over 100 scientists has uncovered some startling findings into how the black summer bushfires impacted animals and plants.

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”

A square purple graphic. Logos at the top: Abolish Planets, UCSB RAW, Caltech SJP, (Un)Common Cosmos, Palestine Space Institute, Justice in Geoscience, Palestinian Youth Movement. Title: Abolish Planets Day School 2024 Subtitle: November 17, 10:00 to 17:45 ET. Learn: panel discussion on science, complicity, and action Tools: researching and power-mapping complicity Act I: Mask of Maersk campaign activity Act II: roleplaying conversations about mobilizing your colleagues and envisioning a just future for science Reflect: a reflection zine workshop with Ellie Armstrong to process the day's lessons In the lower right is a tiny link: tiny.cc/APDaySchool

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.
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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...