Just previewed the recording of my TEDxNewEngland talk! Coming soon to a YouTube link near you!

On the latest Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast, Prof. Lisa Kaltenegger beams aboard to talk about her book, Alien Earths, the search for life in the cosmos, what exoplanets teach us about our home world, and her love for #StarTrek 👽🌍🎙🖖 soundcloud.com/strange-new-wo…

Federal Budget Cuts Would Sabotage NASA’s Plans to Find Alien Life scientificamerican.com/article/trumps… - Michael Wong Michael Wong #astrobiology

One week ago, I saw this post by American Astronomical Society (AAS), and I decided to put pen to paper. Here's the result: a call to support one of the most captivating quests in all of science ➡️ scientificamerican.com/article/trumps…

BREAKING: The Trump administration’s budget request just hit Congress and slashes NASA funding to its lowest level since 1961, which could usher in a dark age for NASA space science. What happens next? Congress will make the final decision and set the budget. The good news: YOU

We had every career stage represented, but it was the college students who moved me most. They chose to major in Earth science because of how many pathways it offered for helping the world. Now, as they apply to grad schools, those opportunities are dwindling before their eyes.

I'm convening a session at #AGU25 on the emergence of life as a planetary process ✨☄️🌋⛈️☀️❄️🌊🫧🦠 Get those abstracts ready! Submission deadline: July 30.

On the latest Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast, Dr. Una McCormack speaks about her new novel "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Asylum" and why Strange New Worlds is a show about hope in the face of grief 📖🎙🖖 soundcloud.com/strange-new-wo…

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Hoping to generate some productive introspection and discussion with this perspective piece on how we talk and think about the mystery of life's emergence. Feel free to disagree! It's an ever-evolving field, and I'd love to hear your thoughts 🙂 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/20…

On the latest Strange New Worlds: A Science & Star Trek Podcast , science journalist Dr. Shi En Kim, PhD helps Michael Wong unpack his op-ed about how impending cuts to federal science funding will impact astrobiology—the search for life in the universe 👽📷🖖 soundcloud.com/strange-new-wo…

“The most common question I get about my field is, ‘How can you even do astrobiology when you haven’t found life in space yet?’” My answer is always the same: ‘Ah, but we have found life in space.’” —Michael Wong noemamag.com/what-searching…

Looking for life beyond Earth changes the way we perceive life right here at home | Michael Wong in Noema Magazine noemamag.com/what-searching… noemamag.com/what-searching…

Bob Hazen and I yap about science, information, and complexity. Thanks to Quanta Magazine for the spotlight! youtube.com/watch?v=WqYRMm…

This is an article well worth reading. It is quite thought-provoking. The most interesting thing is that they might be correct.