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Michael Wong

@miquai.bsky.social

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Planetary scientist by day 🪐 podcaster by night 🎙 photographer at all times 📷 philosopher in my dreams 💭 https://miquai.myportfolio.com/

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 24d

Cover art!!!

Hits bookshelves February 10, 2026 😊

Cover design for my forthcoming book, co-authored with Robert M. Hazen, titled "Time's Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature"

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 5h

Covid is not "over." People are still testing positive. Get your boosters if you can!

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 19h

Guess which senator’s office 🧑🏻‍🚀

An astronaut suit on display in a senator’s office

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for taking on that challenge!

Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 1d

My third trip to congressional offices to advocate for federal science funding, and my first with a direct scientific colleague of mine: Dr. Ryan Felton! It was an honor to remind legislators why NASA is important to local districts, the country, and the world 💫

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 2d

“Please state the nature of the government emergency.”

So cool to be on the Hill today with @planetarysociety.bsky.social board member and Star Trek actor @robertpicardo.bsky.social sharing how NASA embodies our values of scientific curiosity, peaceful exploration, and international cooperation 🖖🏼

Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 4d

New podcast episode! 👽🎙🖖

I read my @noemamag.com essay "What Searching For Aliens Reveals About Ourselves" and share a little bit about its origins.

Episode 188: What Searching For Aliens Reveals About Ourselves

Mike reads his Noema Magazine essay

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 5d

#OverheardAtCarnegie: “Life speculates to accumulate.”

Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 6d

“There is no longer a path for someone to come work at NASA when they grow up.” 😢

Thousands of NASA employees to bid farewell to the NASA they knew

As October begins, thousands of longtime NASA employees are leaving the agency. 4000+ will exit by January 9, 2026, changing NASA forever.

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 7d

The winner will receive a $250 prize! 💸

The deadline to submit your digital creatures to the Virtual Creatures Competition at ALIFE 2025 is today, Oct 01, 2025!

📷 sites.google.com/view/vcc-202...
Visit the homepage of VCC 2025!

VCC 2025

Virtual Creatures Competition To be held at ALIFE 2025 in Kyoto, Japan

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 7d

#OverheardOnZoom: "If there is a shutdown, at least we'll get the whole day off to listen to Taylor Swift's new album."

Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks to Jack Szostak, Andy Knoll, and Karen Lloyd for their kind words! 🥹

Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 8d

#OverheardAtCarnegie: “Someone could lose twenty pounds if they ran in my brain for an hour.”

Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 8d

All mortals can enjoy!

Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 8d

Not sure we’re overturning it so much as adding some intriguing ideas to be considered, but thanks for your enthusiasm! I’d love to hear what you think once you’ve read it! 🙂

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 8d

Learn more about the book here ⬇️

Time's Second Arrow

“<em>Time’s Second Arrow</em> . . . present[s] an audacious hypothesis: that the increasing complexity observable in the history of life, the universe, and everything reflects a fundamenta...

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 8d

Advance reading copies have arrived! 📚

A stack of “Time’s Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature” by Robert M. Hazen and Michael L. Wong sits on a wooden table

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 11d

High school me would have FREAKED OUT

Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek

Boldy go where no one has gone before. Sign-up to get the latest news and updates for Magic: the Gathering | Star Trek!

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 11d

Learn more about @dslovepod.bsky.social here ⬇️

Deep Space Love

A (mostly) Star Trek podcast in which a married Trekkie couple explore love - in all its forms - throughout the final frontier. Join Nicole & Joe as they deep dive …

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 11d

New podcast episode! 💚🎙🖖

I beam aboard @dslovepod.bsky.social—a podcast that explores love, in all its forms, throughout the final frontier—to discuss the relationship between D'Vanna Tendi and Samanthan Rutherford on Star Trek: Lower Decks.

Episode 187: Love in a Jefferies Tube

Mike beams aboard Deep Space Love—a podcast that explores love, in all its forms, throughout the final frontier—to discuss the relationship between D'Vanna Tendi and Samanthan Rutherford on Star Trek:

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 11d

It’s spooky season again ☠️

A skeleton with a sticky note that reads “old astro postdoc”

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The Planetary Society @planetarysociety.bsky.social · 12d

Be part of history! On Oct. 5–6, join 250+ space enthusiasts and 12+ partner organizations in Washington, D.C. as we advocate for NASA Science directly to Congress.
The Day of Action is your chance to stand up for the future of space.
⏳ Registration closes Sept. 30:
www.planetary.org/advocacy/day...

The Day of Action to Save NASA Science

Join us in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 5th & 6th to advocate for NASA science.

www.planetary.org

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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 13d

Bob Hazen and I chat with astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi on NOVA's Particles of Thought podcast!

Bob and Mike’s Big Idea: A New Law of Nature | Particles of Thought | Podcast

YouTube video by NOVA PBS Official

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@DiceinMind @diceinmind.bsky.social · 13d

Need some smooth listening for the approaching weekend? Join us and Dr. Mike Wong as we talk about the ethics of space exploration! Hit It!
@miquai.bsky.social #space #ethics #startrek #scifi #rpg
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Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · 14d

At this month’s Just-for-Fun Lunch Talk, @carnegiescience.bsky.social EPL Director Mike Walter shared his love for motorcycles and the physics of driving one safely 🏍️

A man presents in front of a slide displaying a picture of motorcycles

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Sarah E Moran @offallingstars.bsky.social · 15d

Life news -- starting Fall 2026, I'll be an Assistant Prof in University of Maryland, College Park's Astronomy Department!

I'll be starting up a lab to measure all the substellar cloud things 🌤️🪐✨ and continuing alllllll the atmospheric model things

Lowkey obsessed with the mascot #FeartheTurtle

the seal of the University of Maryland. It has the red, white, black, and gold banners of the Maryland flag in a circle and with the year 1856 on either side.

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