Volume 3
SkyBridge Beta has Launched!
We launched with 14 global Beta Testers, confirmed our DePIN network, secured data streaming, and began building the SkyMapper database, successfully achieving Phase I goals of deployment, readiness, and activation.
Wave 2 will test an increase in the number of telescopes, SkyBridges and SkyViewer users.
Our first Science results!
T CrB, followed up quickly with the Dumbbell Nebula from Austria
Comet C/2025 K1
from the United States
from Australia
from United States,
With a look at our
SkyViewer platform
from United States
from Japan
from Australia
Our first Telescope in the Caribbean
from Puerto Rico
Nothing gets past SkySphere!
SkySphere, our all-sky camera in development, tracked a drone from low altitude to hundreds of feet up. If we can catch drones, imagine what that means for spotting meteors, satellites and the next transient in deep space.
Partner Spotlight
Secure Data With Akave
We’ve partnered with Akave to secure our SkyMapper data with decentralized, tamper-proof storage, so every star, every snapshot, every enhanced-vision image is preserved with transparency and integrity.
Akave brings S3-compatible APIs, on-chain control, verifiable audit trails, and zoned encryption, helping us ensure observations are stored safely, cost-efficiently, and in a way we can all trust.
Skymapper news
Watch our own Franck Marchis (SETI Institute) with Julien Girard (STScI) as they unpack NASA’s exciting new potential Saturn-sized world in Alpha Centauri A.
Click to watch the conversation
SkyMapper has raised $3M in pre-seed funding to grow our decentralized astronomy network, accelerate SkyBridge and SkyViewer development, expand our telescope and camera network, and fuel our mission map all the sky, all the time.
Click to read the Press Release
EMPLOYEE Highlights
Broadcasting SkyMapper signals across the social galaxy.
SkyMapper Out & About
EPSC-DPS 2025
What's Next
Next up: October is going to be huge for us! We’re gearing up to officially launch SkyBridge and our updated website, bringing together everything we’ve been building and testing into a powerful, community-driven platform. This is where decentralized astronomy really takes off, and we can’t wait to share it with you.
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