Kate Genevieve
@kategenevieve.bsky.social
inner space ∩ outer space kategenevieve.com
London-born artist & researcher, a guest in Te Whanganui-a-Tara NZ. director at chroma.space, trustee w. Intercreate, convening cosmoimaginaries.com w. Astro Ecologies Inst.
lover of music–all worlds, all times
London-born artist & researcher, a guest in Te Whanganui-a-Tara NZ. director at chroma.space, trustee w. Intercreate, convening cosmoimaginaries.com w. Astro Ecologies Inst.
lover of music–all worlds, all times
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a mellow livestream from @archive.org. a nice feeling of co-working for internet futures.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxUj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxUj...
lofi Archive radio 🎞️ beats to scan/read microfiche to
YouTube video by Internet Archive
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
a mellow livestream from @archive.org. a nice feeling of co-working for internet futures.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxUj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxUj...
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Anyway, if you want to support my work, consider preordering my next book
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos In her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Anyway, if you want to support my work, consider preordering my next book
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
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What I love about making my work is that sense of, where did that come from? And while I am most definitely an obsessive planner - I never know where I’m going. I know what I want to explore, but the shape it finally takes always surprises me. And that’s how it should be…
October 18, 2025 at 5:27 AM
What I love about making my work is that sense of, where did that come from? And while I am most definitely an obsessive planner - I never know where I’m going. I know what I want to explore, but the shape it finally takes always surprises me. And that’s how it should be…
The NZ Gov wants to bump Rocket Lab launches from 100 to 1000 a year. 20 a week! Big impacts for communities & te taiao 🌊 Rushed through w. no real consultation.
Please submit to keep the cap low before Sun 11.59pm NZ
consult.environment.govt.nz/marine/regul...
#ProtectMahia #SpaceJustice #TeTiriti
consult.environment.govt.nz/marine/regul...
#ProtectMahia #SpaceJustice #TeTiriti
October 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The NZ Gov wants to bump Rocket Lab launches from 100 to 1000 a year. 20 a week! Big impacts for communities & te taiao 🌊 Rushed through w. no real consultation.
Please submit to keep the cap low before Sun 11.59pm NZ
consult.environment.govt.nz/marine/regul...
#ProtectMahia #SpaceJustice #TeTiriti
consult.environment.govt.nz/marine/regul...
#ProtectMahia #SpaceJustice #TeTiriti
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Abd ar-Rahman al-Sufi. Book of Fixed Stars, 964 CE. Illustrations from 1417. Manuscript reproduced 1730
The constellation Orion
The constellation Orion
October 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Abd ar-Rahman al-Sufi. Book of Fixed Stars, 964 CE. Illustrations from 1417. Manuscript reproduced 1730
The constellation Orion
The constellation Orion
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...
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
October 2, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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...
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...
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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...
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
October 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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...
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...
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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...
Taken by Taichi Nakamura on September 22, 2025 @ Dunedin, New Zealand
Canon R6 Borg71F+x2converter
1/8000s ISO 100
spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload...
September 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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...
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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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
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
April 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🔭 🧪 🧵
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
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
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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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July 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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!
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....
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
September 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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....
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....
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Pages from the 1975 dream diary of William S. Burroughs, from the William S. Burroughs Papers (SPEC.CMS.40).
September 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Pages from the 1975 dream diary of William S. Burroughs, from the William S. Burroughs Papers (SPEC.CMS.40).
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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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=059T...
Earthly & extraterrestrial connections: CETI/SETI in Armenia & Czechoslovakia | Gabriela Radulescu
YouTube video by Cosmoimaginaries
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September 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=059T...
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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...
mitpress.mit.edu
May 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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...
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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
www.seti.org
July 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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
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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
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
July 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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
astrobiology.com/2025/07/deco... #astrobiology @ISRO @IndiaDST @BSIP_official #India #Ladakh
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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
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
July 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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
www.universetoday.com/articles/sci...
#SETI #Readiness #Astrobiology #NASADARES
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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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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
www.silverpress.org/products/the...
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...
www.silverpress.org
July 17, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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
www.silverpress.org/products/the...
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
www.silverpress.org/products/the...
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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!
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
July 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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!
Our first publication is now out in @nature.com! I'd be so honored if you gave it a read!
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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 🧵
June 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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 🧵
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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, 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
June 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This looks fascinating!
Living Amongst and with Trees: Botanical Agency and the Archaeology of Plant-Human Relationships, by Barry Taylor
🧪 🏺
Living Amongst and with Trees: Botanical Agency and the Archaeology of Plant-Human Relationships, by Barry Taylor
🧪 🏺
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New paper day! In 'Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery', we show that scaling up use of launch vehicles 🚀 has a point where the healing of the ozone layer is affected 🧪🛰️
Open access, free to read & share
Open access, free to read & share
Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science - Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery
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June 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
New paper day! In 'Near-future rocket launches could slow ozone recovery', we show that scaling up use of launch vehicles 🚀 has a point where the healing of the ozone layer is affected 🧪🛰️
Open access, free to read & share
Open access, free to read & share
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New paper! Amanda Quirk and I just released this article: "Applying the Principles of Universal Design to Make Astronomy More Accessible" on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2505.23498
Applying the Principles of Universal Design to Make Astronomy More Accessible
Universal Design (UD), an approach to accessibility that was first conceptualized in architecture to make buildings physically accessible, has since been applied to curriculum design to make classroom...
arxiv.org
May 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
New paper! Amanda Quirk and I just released this article: "Applying the Principles of Universal Design to Make Astronomy More Accessible" on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2505.23498
Morning light in Chartres, France.
Venus blazing before dawn, and sunlight streaming through the “Notre-Dame de la Belle-Verrière" window on the south side of the Cathedral.
Venus blazing before dawn, and sunlight streaming through the “Notre-Dame de la Belle-Verrière" window on the south side of the Cathedral.
May 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Morning light in Chartres, France.
Venus blazing before dawn, and sunlight streaming through the “Notre-Dame de la Belle-Verrière" window on the south side of the Cathedral.
Venus blazing before dawn, and sunlight streaming through the “Notre-Dame de la Belle-Verrière" window on the south side of the Cathedral.