https://spacewatch.global/tag/aaron-boley/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Sun, 14 Dec 2025 17:38:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/aaron-boley/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/12/unoosa-2025-policy-makes-possibilities-protecting-the-dark-and-quiet-sky-with-prof-aaron-boley/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=69810 In this Space Café Clip, Kelly Soverns, Field Reporter at SpaceWatch.Global, speaks with Prof. Aaron Boley of the University of British Columbia, Co-Director of the Outer Space Institute, and a leading voice within the International Astronomical Union’s CPS Policy Hub, during the UNOOSA Dark and Quiet Skies Workshop in Vienna.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/space-cafe-33-minutes-with-michael-byers-about-reducing-risks-from-uncontrolled-reentries-of-rocket-bodies/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 09:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45820 Our Space Café “33 minutes with Michael Byers” about the International open letter "Reducing risks from uncontrolled reentries of rocket bodies and other space objects" took place on Tuesday, 3rd January 2023. Michael Byers holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/02/space-cafe-recap-moribas-vox-populi-09-on-space-environmentalism-and-thoughts-on-the-movie-dont-look-up/ Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39238 In this session of Space Cafè “Moriba’s Vox Populi 09” Dr. Moriba Jah talked about space environmentalism, thoughts on the movie “Don’t Look Up” – its potential for outreach while also showing some scientific inaccuracies and what it will take for humanity to take action with]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/02/spacewatchgl-opinion-in-orbit-servicing/ Tue, 15 Feb 2022 08:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39216 There are currently more than 11,000 satellites in LEO and GEO, and only about 3,000 of those are active, this means that there are over 8,000 deactivated satellites. But space is booming, and in 2020 the world registered the highest number of satellites launched per year, with a record of 1,283 which represents 42% of all active satellites now in orbit.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/01/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-moribas-vox-populi-on-10-february-2022/ Mon, 31 Jan 2022 08:00:42 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38863&preview=true&preview_id=38863 n honour of this sacred experience and all of you who know me and have enrolled in this global vision, I, Moriba Jah have partnered with SpaceWatch.Global to run an exciting Space Café series: Moriba’s Vox Populi (Latin for “the people’s voice”) where I intend to choose topics of relevance]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/12/space-cafe-canada-by-dr-jessica-west-recap-anti-satellite-weapon-testing-and-the-crisis-of-space-debris/ Tue, 07 Dec 2021 08:00:40 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37780 During the fourth Space Café Canada event, host Jessica West of Project Ploughshares sat down with astronomer Aaron Boley and legal expert Michael Byers, Co-Directors of the Outer Space Institute at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Dr. Aaron Boley holds the Canada Research Chair in Planetary Astronomy at UBC. His research explores a wide range of topics, ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/11/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-canada-by-dr-jessica-west-on-3-december-2021/ Thu, 25 Nov 2021 15:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37446&preview=true&preview_id=37446 This Space Café Canada will feature astronomer Aaron Boley and legal expert Michael Byers, Co-Directors of the Outer Space Institute at the University of British Columbia, in conversation with Dr. Jessica West, Senior Researcher at Project Ploughshares and a friend of SpaceWatch.Global. Collision course: anti-satellite weapon testing and the crisis of space debris]]>