Michele Bannister
@astrokiwi
Planetary astronomer @UCNZ: envisioning worlds from here and elsewhere, in a dark & glorious sky. Rutherford Discovery Fellow & Assoc. Professor. Asteroid (10463). Pākehā; she
So good that @elakdawalla.bsky.social's collation work is the gift that keeps on giving - here in Man-to Hui's plenary on the asteroid-come continuum #acm2026
There is all this new planting along the riverbanks and new cycle path! So good
Therapeutic planting of a cool new-to-me species: soft speargrass (Aciphylla dieffenbachii). Needs a cool root run, hoping the spot is full sun+damp enough
That's a very big planet to be moving so quickly across. Here's looking back at you, Moon
Spacecraft with a live planet view is never getting old www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...
I planned and helped start planting a garden bed, before doing a Hard Thing. All hail the Carmichaelia, best of native dryland plants
The love of my life for the last 22 years is no longer in the world. 💔
Sometimes in the hard places, it's worth the reminder just to be amazed by things as simple as the shapes of leaves against the sky
NZ's native flowers do come in colours beyond white! The Carmichaelia sp. gardening journey continues. 🌱🇳🇿 Excited to get a seedling today of C. glabrescens. Currently looks like a small green stick, so a while before it looks anything like this reference photo, but the dream is alive
2025 was for me simultaneously incredibly happy and utterly horrendous. Haven't gone into it here, but getting through 2026 will be a lot. At least the ocean is always here for us all
