Mastodawn

🌍 Astronomers from all over the world are coming to Groningen for the #RockyWorlds4 conference.

'We would like to broaden the ideas about what a rocky planet could be made up of,' says Inga Kamp, astrophysicist at the UG.

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/matter-and-space/the-search-for-extraterrestrial-life-and-can-we-broaden-our-ideas-about-it
🧪 #SciComm

#astronomy #KapteynInstitute #astrophysics #physics #extraterrestrial #ET #exoplanets #planetary #research #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen

Scientific Frontline 6d ago

This research fills a critical "missing link" in #planetary science, offering a comparative lens to understand the history of our own Solar System—specifically the #Kuiper Belt and the Moon's cratering—while helping scientists determine if our system's chaotic evolution is unique or a cosmic norm.
#Astronomy #PlanetaryScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/astr01202601.html

International astronomical survey captures remarkable images of the “teenage years” of new worlds

The growing pains of young planets as they enter their teenage phase have been captured in unprecedented detail

TinJar Jan 15

https://actuaries.org.uk/news-and-media-releases/news-articles/2026/jan/14-jan-26-parasol-lost-recovery-plan-needed/

"#Planetary Solvency is threatened, and we urgently need a recovery plan. An actuarial review of key #climate change assumptions shows we may have seriously underestimated the rate of #warming as well as the related #economic #impacts"

These are the people who really understand #risk. 2 degrees by 2050. Mind you - average over 2023-25 was 1.48 degrees.

Parasol Lost: Recovery plan needed | Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

Global temperatures are accelerating faster than predicted, driven by a loss of ‘aerosol cooling’, a hidden sunshade effect created by air pollution which has offset around 0.5°C of warming.

Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

Scientific Frontline Jan 12

The existence of water on #Mars is a central topic in #planetary research. Previous studies have already provided evidence of oceans and rivers on Mars, indicating a once humid and possibly habitable environment. Evidence of former water and a possible #ocean have also been discovered for the Valles Marineris
#PlanetaryScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/ps01122601.html

Mars was half covered by an ocean

The confirmation of extensive river deltas and a stable coastline provides strong evidence for a humid, "blue planet" environment

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️Jan 10

"Planetary Alignment" by XKCD comic (Fediverse mirrors @xkcd @xkcdbot ) - How can you tell when a scammer is trying to steal your world? https://xkcd.com/3192/ #planetary #geology #astronomy #WTF #humor

michael Jan 9

7-Jan-2026
Astronomers find missing link to galaxy's most common planets
One of the biggest recent surprises in #astronomy is the discovery that most stars like the Sun harbor a planet between the size of Earth and Neptune within the orbit of Mercury
By weighing four newborn #planets in the V1298 Tau system, researchers captured a rare snapshot of #exoplanets in the process of transforming into the galaxy's most common #planetary types.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1111795

#science #astrobiology

bse Jan 6

Research Experience for Undergrads (#REU) at Georgia Tech School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences! ⚒️🧪

Geosciences, #planetary science, atmospheric sciences, #oceanography, #climate science.
Participants receive $7,000 stipend, travel allowance, and housing:

https://easreu.eas.gatech.edu/node/8

Georgia Tech EAS REU Program - Summer 2025 | EAS Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

A.G.Jan 4

PatternChaser Dec 23

"Ecological myopia interprets #climatechange as an environmental problem rather than a #planetary one. It assumes climate sits in a box labelled environment/sustainability while the rest of social & economic life sits in separate silos. This is short sighted."

https://theconversation.com/ecological-myopia-the-blind-spot-holding-back-climate-action-270912

Ecological myopia: the blind spot holding back climate action

Seeing more clearly is the first step toward wiser action.

The Conversation

Nykteros 🦇 | Commissions Open!Dec 22

(rough doodle) Since y'all asked for more big massive bat,,, Tasting a lil planet candy morsel, y'all so tasty n smaaaall 💙 #macro #micro #planetary #giga #vore #lick #earth #bat