I'm back in The New York Times, with news that we might have spotted a first magnetic field on an exoplanet!
If so it would be more than 2,000 times stronger than Earth's, and could be a key tool in future hunts for habitability.
Exciting!
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/s...
If so it would be more than 2,000 times stronger than Earth's, and could be a key tool in future hunts for habitability.
Exciting!
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/s...
Radio Waves Coming From an Alien Planet May Be a Cosmic First (Gift Article)
Beta Pictoris b appears to have an aurora caused by a powerful magnetic field. If confirmed, it would be the first such field known outside our solar system.
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I'm back in The New York Times, with news that we might have spotted a first magnetic field on an exoplanet!
If so it would be more than 2,000 times stronger than Earth's, and could be a key tool in future hunts for habitability.
Exciting!
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/s...
If so it would be more than 2,000 times stronger than Earth's, and could be a key tool in future hunts for habitability.
Exciting!
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/s...
🪐 A methane-producing Earth microbe grew in simulated Enceladus ocean chemistry, using hydrogen from water–rock reactions—even at pH 11. This tests possible habitability, not whether life exists there.
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#Astrobiology
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#Astrobiology
Enceladus-like geochemistry fuels methanogenesis under extreme CO2 limitation
Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus features chemical signatures consistent with an alkaline soda ocean with H2 production via hydrothermal water-rock reactions. Chemolithoautotrophic methanogenesis is thermo...
doi.org
September 29, 2026 at 1:48 PM
🪐 A methane-producing Earth microbe grew in simulated Enceladus ocean chemistry, using hydrogen from water–rock reactions—even at pH 11. This tests possible habitability, not whether life exists there.
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#Astrobiology
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#Astrobiology
Read full article here: https://tiltedtimes.org/life-older-than-earth-big-bang-habitability
September 29, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Read full article here: https://tiltedtimes.org/life-older-than-earth-big-bang-habitability
#Klimaschutz #climateprotection #Wirtschaftswachstum #EconomicGrowth #Demokratie #democracy #Menschenrechte #humanrights
September 29, 2026 at 9:35 AM
"You cannot force the preservation of the planet's habitability against the will of the people."
"Saving the planet's habitability is important, but I don't believe in bans."
"Ensuring the planet's habitability on such a massive scale costs money we don't have."
bsky.app/profile/joha...
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"Saving the planet's habitability is important, but I don't believe in bans."
"Ensuring the planet's habitability on such a massive scale costs money we don't have."
bsky.app/profile/joha...
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"Man kann die Bewohnbarkeit des Planeten nicht gegen den Willen der Menschen erzwingen."
"Die Bewohnbarkeit des Planeten ist wichtig aber von Verboten halte ich nichts."
"Die überbordende Sicherung der Bewohnbarkeit des Planeten kostet Geld, das wir nicht haben."
"Die Bewohnbarkeit des Planeten ist wichtig aber von Verboten halte ich nichts."
"Die überbordende Sicherung der Bewohnbarkeit des Planeten kostet Geld, das wir nicht haben."
September 29, 2026 at 9:30 AM
"You cannot force the preservation of the planet's habitability against the will of the people."
"Saving the planet's habitability is important, but I don't believe in bans."
"Ensuring the planet's habitability on such a massive scale costs money we don't have."
bsky.app/profile/joha...
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"Saving the planet's habitability is important, but I don't believe in bans."
"Ensuring the planet's habitability on such a massive scale costs money we don't have."
bsky.app/profile/joha...
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Let’s swap the term "climate protection" for what it actually means: "saving the planet's habitability."
Then, many statements by politicians sound just as crazy as they actually are.
"Saving the planet's habitability must not come at the expense of economic growth."
bsky.app/profile/joha...
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Then, many statements by politicians sound just as crazy as they actually are.
"Saving the planet's habitability must not come at the expense of economic growth."
bsky.app/profile/joha...
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Tauschen wir das Wort "Klimaschutz" doch mal gegen das aus, was es tatsächlich bedeutet: "Die Bewohnbarkeit des Planeten retten".
Dann klingen viele Aussagen von Politikern so verrückt, wie sie tatsächlich sind.
"Die Bewohnbarkeit des Planeten darf nicht auf Kosten des Wirtschaftswachstums gehen."
Dann klingen viele Aussagen von Politikern so verrückt, wie sie tatsächlich sind.
"Die Bewohnbarkeit des Planeten darf nicht auf Kosten des Wirtschaftswachstums gehen."
September 29, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Let’s swap the term "climate protection" for what it actually means: "saving the planet's habitability."
Then, many statements by politicians sound just as crazy as they actually are.
"Saving the planet's habitability must not come at the expense of economic growth."
bsky.app/profile/joha...
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Then, many statements by politicians sound just as crazy as they actually are.
"Saving the planet's habitability must not come at the expense of economic growth."
bsky.app/profile/joha...
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❝ johanneskoepl.bsky.social: Let's replace the term "climate protection" with what it actually means: "Saving the habitability of the planet."
Then many statements by politicians sound as absurd as they actually are.
"The habitability of the planet must not come at the expense of economic growth."
Then many statements by politicians sound as absurd as they actually are.
"The habitability of the planet must not come at the expense of economic growth."
September 29, 2026 at 8:21 AM
❝ johanneskoepl.bsky.social: Let's replace the term "climate protection" with what it actually means: "Saving the habitability of the planet."
Then many statements by politicians sound as absurd as they actually are.
"The habitability of the planet must not come at the expense of economic growth."
Then many statements by politicians sound as absurd as they actually are.
"The habitability of the planet must not come at the expense of economic growth."
nadiazaboura.bsky.social ↻ parentsforfuture.de (1/2): "The habitability of the planet must not come at the expense of economic growth."
"You can't force sustainability against
"You can't force sustainability against
September 29, 2026 at 8:21 AM
nadiazaboura.bsky.social ↻ parentsforfuture.de (1/2): "The habitability of the planet must not come at the expense of economic growth."
"You can't force sustainability against
"You can't force sustainability against
The only state where "failure to pay rent" is a criminal offense, not just civil, and the only one that has no "implied warranty of habitability." Truly the worst place in the nation to be a renter.
(Though a right-wing landlord I follow on FB would argue that it makes it cheaper.)
(Though a right-wing landlord I follow on FB would argue that it makes it cheaper.)
September 28, 2026 at 4:14 PM
The only state where "failure to pay rent" is a criminal offense, not just civil, and the only one that has no "implied warranty of habitability." Truly the worst place in the nation to be a renter.
(Though a right-wing landlord I follow on FB would argue that it makes it cheaper.)
(Though a right-wing landlord I follow on FB would argue that it makes it cheaper.)
- I haven't delved into the weeds of the state preemption laws and thus can't confirm the extent to which this is a serious concern; however, I do worry that a blunt force approach to state preemption could undermine reasonable safety/habitability regulations viz co-living. Anytime the Koch-verse...
September 28, 2026 at 2:00 PM
- I haven't delved into the weeds of the state preemption laws and thus can't confirm the extent to which this is a serious concern; however, I do worry that a blunt force approach to state preemption could undermine reasonable safety/habitability regulations viz co-living. Anytime the Koch-verse...
Habitability and survivability aren't the same thing.
In Chernobyl, elders returned to radioactive homes because they were home. On the Moon, modules keep crew alive in a place that isn't.
Until a habitat can be missed, it's not a home.
anarqio.substack.com/p/wormwood
In Chernobyl, elders returned to radioactive homes because they were home. On the Moon, modules keep crew alive in a place that isn't.
Until a habitat can be missed, it's not a home.
anarqio.substack.com/p/wormwood
Wormwood
On the bond that makes a lethal place a home
anarqio.substack.com
September 28, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Habitability and survivability aren't the same thing.
In Chernobyl, elders returned to radioactive homes because they were home. On the Moon, modules keep crew alive in a place that isn't.
Until a habitat can be missed, it's not a home.
anarqio.substack.com/p/wormwood
In Chernobyl, elders returned to radioactive homes because they were home. On the Moon, modules keep crew alive in a place that isn't.
Until a habitat can be missed, it's not a home.
anarqio.substack.com/p/wormwood
And note, also: In the UK, "student accommodation" is deemed temporary and need not meet the usual minimum standards for habitability.
September 28, 2026 at 12:05 PM
And note, also: In the UK, "student accommodation" is deemed temporary and need not meet the usual minimum standards for habitability.
Excessive heat, water shortages, rising sea levels: A place's habitability depends first and foremost on physical thresholds. But it also depends on the relationship between a space and the people who live there, which plays a key role in how people adapt to climate change. (Le Monde)
Where to live? How climate change is forcing us to rethink our relationship with our surroundings
Excessive heat, water shortages, rising sea levels: A place's habitability depends first and foremost on physical thresholds. But it also depends on the relationship between a space and the people who...
www.lemonde.fr
September 28, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Excessive heat, water shortages, rising sea levels: A place's habitability depends first and foremost on physical thresholds. But it also depends on the relationship between a space and the people who live there, which plays a key role in how people adapt to climate change. (Le Monde)
Sep 28 UAP brief:
• NPR explores scientific and social readiness for detecting extraterrestrial life signals
• White House PURSUE program releases ambiguous imagery on UFO shootdown claims
#UAP #UFO
• NPR explores scientific and social readiness for detecting extraterrestrial life signals
• White House PURSUE program releases ambiguous imagery on UFO shootdown claims
#UAP #UFO
UAP Insight — Daily Brief
NPR explores scientific and social readiness for detecting extraterrestrial life signals
White House PURSUE program releases ambiguous imagery on UFO shootdown claims
Enceladus research indicates improved habitability potential for life detection
uapinsight.com
September 28, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Hey so now there's water leaking in from the ceiling into the bathroom so like, exactly how many things need to go bad for a clear cut case on a violation of the implied warranty of habitability?
WHAT IF WE DO IT AGAIN FOR ANOTHER NIGHT IN A ROW ITS ANOTHER MOUSE IN MY APARTMENT ALREADY
Genuinely hard to sleep knowing there’s another mouse in your bedroom.
September 28, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Hey so now there's water leaking in from the ceiling into the bathroom so like, exactly how many things need to go bad for a clear cut case on a violation of the implied warranty of habitability?
And California didnt want to seem too greedy.
The habitability of Nevada or West Texas has zero to do with government ownership - except to explain it. Its not sustainably habitable or agricultural.
The habitability of Nevada or West Texas has zero to do with government ownership - except to explain it. Its not sustainably habitable or agricultural.
September 27, 2026 at 10:53 PM
And California didnt want to seem too greedy.
The habitability of Nevada or West Texas has zero to do with government ownership - except to explain it. Its not sustainably habitable or agricultural.
The habitability of Nevada or West Texas has zero to do with government ownership - except to explain it. Its not sustainably habitable or agricultural.
I've been so busy all day, and because I'm a freak, I want to be busy on stream tonight! Let's check out Plan B: Terraform's recent DLC, which lets you start with volcanic and flooded worlds, and terraform one into human habitability!
www.twitch.tv/glottal
www.twitch.tv/glottal
Glottal - Live on Twitch
Let's drown in lava. | Streaming plan b: terraform.
www.twitch.tv
September 27, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I've been so busy all day, and because I'm a freak, I want to be busy on stream tonight! Let's check out Plan B: Terraform's recent DLC, which lets you start with volcanic and flooded worlds, and terraform one into human habitability!
www.twitch.tv/glottal
www.twitch.tv/glottal
With BC Provincial #Election coming & #housingcrisis supply isn't everything, so is the HABITABILITY of the housing supply we DO have.
@bcndpcaucus.bsky.social summers only getting hotter and longer, Indoor heat harms & kills, WHEN do we DEMAND maximum indoor temperatures for rentals & strata? 🌡️
@bcndpcaucus.bsky.social summers only getting hotter and longer, Indoor heat harms & kills, WHEN do we DEMAND maximum indoor temperatures for rentals & strata? 🌡️
How much profit in BC residential real estate over the last few decades yet THESE are the homes that market made & maintained
WHEN do we decide in #BC that ALL #rental homes, ALL #strata units & EVERY apartment building shouldn't kill or permanently weaken/injure their occupants in #heat events
WHEN do we decide in #BC that ALL #rental homes, ALL #strata units & EVERY apartment building shouldn't kill or permanently weaken/injure their occupants in #heat events
Hundreds died from extreme heat in B.C. Four years after the province promised relief, many are still vulnerable to the ‘silent killer’
Advocates are concerned the province is not moving fast enough to protect seniors from the next life-threatening heat wave.
www.thestar.com
September 27, 2026 at 5:31 PM
With BC Provincial #Election coming & #housingcrisis supply isn't everything, so is the HABITABILITY of the housing supply we DO have.
@bcndpcaucus.bsky.social summers only getting hotter and longer, Indoor heat harms & kills, WHEN do we DEMAND maximum indoor temperatures for rentals & strata? 🌡️
@bcndpcaucus.bsky.social summers only getting hotter and longer, Indoor heat harms & kills, WHEN do we DEMAND maximum indoor temperatures for rentals & strata? 🌡️
Exactly, @lewisgoodall.com – we don't want to risk allowing dopey things like understanding the laws of physics to get in the way of us continuing to blindly accelerate climate breakdown and the degradation of the habitability of the planet we're living on
September 27, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Exactly, @lewisgoodall.com – we don't want to risk allowing dopey things like understanding the laws of physics to get in the way of us continuing to blindly accelerate climate breakdown and the degradation of the habitability of the planet we're living on
If talking about something did any good, the planet would have a secure future. Unfortunately, DOING something is needed. Tell Congress to Stop Pushing the Climate Toward Uninhabitable Heat rootsaction.org/stop-pushing...
Tell Congress to Stop Pushing the Climate Toward Uninhabitable Heat
The U.S. government is going out of its way to heat the planet past the point of habitability. Email Congress now!
rootsaction.org
September 27, 2026 at 3:02 PM
If talking about something did any good, the planet would have a secure future. Unfortunately, DOING something is needed. Tell Congress to Stop Pushing the Climate Toward Uninhabitable Heat rootsaction.org/stop-pushing...
What is Webb observing?
Target: Kepler-89
Target Category: Exoplanet Atmospheres And Habitability
Research Program: Comparative Planetology in Kepler-89: Mass-Loss, Disk Gaps, and Super-Puffs
https://spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=01M2JSVCF85RJFGDCAMG84GRW3
#webb #space #astronomy #telescope
Target: Kepler-89
Target Category: Exoplanet Atmospheres And Habitability
Research Program: Comparative Planetology in Kepler-89: Mass-Loss, Disk Gaps, and Super-Puffs
https://spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=01M2JSVCF85RJFGDCAMG84GRW3
#webb #space #astronomy #telescope
September 27, 2026 at 10:17 AM
What is Webb observing?
Target: Kepler-89
Target Category: Exoplanet Atmospheres And Habitability
Research Program: Comparative Planetology in Kepler-89: Mass-Loss, Disk Gaps, and Super-Puffs
https://spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=01M2JSVCF85RJFGDCAMG84GRW3
#webb #space #astronomy #telescope
Target: Kepler-89
Target Category: Exoplanet Atmospheres And Habitability
Research Program: Comparative Planetology in Kepler-89: Mass-Loss, Disk Gaps, and Super-Puffs
https://spacetelescopelive.org/webb?obsId=01M2JSVCF85RJFGDCAMG84GRW3
#webb #space #astronomy #telescope
Sep 27 UAP brief:
• AARO workshop records declassified, detailing speakers, foreign participation, and future UAP research plans.
• White House releases shootdown imagery under PURSUE program; questions remain unanswered.
#UAP #UFO
• AARO workshop records declassified, detailing speakers, foreign participation, and future UAP research plans.
• White House releases shootdown imagery under PURSUE program; questions remain unanswered.
#UAP #UFO
UAP Insight — Daily Brief
AARO workshop records declassified, detailing speakers, foreign participation, and future UAP research plans.
White House releases shootdown imagery under PURSUE program; questions remain unanswered.
Enceladus habitability research indicates improved conditions for potential life detection.
uapinsight.com
September 27, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Trying to get a SystemCreator done for the demo. Just started this morning so it is ugly, but functional just like its architect.
The player can't abuse it, still follows habitability rules. But makes it more personal/pretty as the player's home System
#IndieGame #Godot #GameDev
The player can't abuse it, still follows habitability rules. But makes it more personal/pretty as the player's home System
#IndieGame #Godot #GameDev
September 26, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Trying to get a SystemCreator done for the demo. Just started this morning so it is ugly, but functional just like its architect.
The player can't abuse it, still follows habitability rules. But makes it more personal/pretty as the player's home System
#IndieGame #Godot #GameDev
The player can't abuse it, still follows habitability rules. But makes it more personal/pretty as the player's home System
#IndieGame #Godot #GameDev
An Earth microbe grew in a lab simulation of the ocean chemistry of Saturn's moon Enceladus, reaching pH 11. Hydrogen from mineral-water reactions fueled it. The experiment tests possible habitability; it does not show that life exists on the moon.
September 26, 2026 at 5:35 PM
An Earth microbe grew in a lab simulation of the ocean chemistry of Saturn's moon Enceladus, reaching pH 11. Hydrogen from mineral-water reactions fueled it. The experiment tests possible habitability; it does not show that life exists on the moon.
Biosphere 2, an experiment like no other
->The Hindu | More on "Space colonization and Earth experiments" at BigEarthData.ai | #biosphere
->The Hindu | More on "Space colonization and Earth experiments" at BigEarthData.ai | #biosphere
Biosphere 2, an experiment like no other
The dream of heading out to space and colonising distant celestial bodies isn’t one that is unique to the time we live in. It is one that humans have aspired for long and continue to strive towards, despite the problems plaguing the only known planet that supports life as we know it: Earth. Even as we probe the habitability of celestial bodies, near and far, there have also been another set of experimenters, scientists, and researchers here on Earth that have concentrated on gearing up for that mission, whenever that might be. One of the more popular such experiments came in the form of Biosphere 2. If you were to look up the word “biosphere” in a dictionary, then you will likely learn that it is “a part of a planet’s environment where life exists.” Given that Earth is the only place we know that supports life, the biosphere can also be defined as “the part of the Earth’s environment where life exists.” With Earth being Biosphere 1, a group of people got together to build Biosphere 2 — a structure that was to serve as a tiny Earth capsule on Earth. This Earth-based laboratory was built to test the...
www.thehindu.com
September 26, 2026 at 12:36 PM