Astrophysics, in public
A platform to connect with active astrophysics researchers and directly fund science.
Real research labs share the work as it happens — the podcasts, the essays, the questions they’re still wrestling with. Follow the science you care about and back it directly. When you want to go deeper, work on real problems alongside the scientists themselves.
How Rakiura works
Labs work in public
Real research labs share their work as it happens — podcasts, essays, and live events straight from the people doing the science.
You follow and fund the science
Follow the labs you believe in and back them directly. Support goes to the scientists doing the work — there’s no intermediary deciding what’s worth knowing.
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Labs receive 60% of everything we make. We charge for membership so we never run ads.
Three ways to take part
Wherever you are in your career — the curious, the career-changer, the lifelong learner.
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The labs on Rakiura
A growing group of working research labs, publishing in public. Follow the ones whose questions pull you in.
Gravitational Wave Paleontology Lab
The Gravitational-Wave Paleontology Lab uses astrophysical simulations…
Project Starshade
Project Starshade is a NASA concept led by MIT astrophysicist Sara…
Morning Star Missions to Venus
Morningstar Missions is searching the clouds of Venus for signs of…
Limits of Habitability
An exoplanet astrophysics group asking what makes a world habitable —…
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