Register now for 2026! A discussion of Earth and space on Earth Day, with Frank White, me, and other great guests!
EarthSpace 2026 brings together leaders, thinkers, and builders to explore one core idea: the future of Earth and the future of space are not separate conversations.
From climate solutions to space infrastructure, from policy to culture, the choices we make today will define how humanity lives on this planet—and beyond it.
This is not a passive webinar. It’s a focused, high-signal conversation with people actively shaping the frontier.
Space has become critical infrastructure for climate monitoring, disaster risk reduction, connectivity, navigation, education, and long-term planetary resilience. Even more important, space is an open horizon for new industrial development and settlement, starting with Earth orbit, the geo-lunar system, and the near-Earth asteroids. The Space 18th SDG initiative proposes a non-regulatory, enabling framework that strengthens the existing 17 SDGs by recognizing outer space as both an enabler of sustainable development and an environment requiring stewardship. THE PANEL: Prof. Sergio Marchisio, Space Law Expert, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. Ms. Fikiswa Majola, Deputy Director Space Systems, Department of Science and Technology (DST) South Africa. Prof. Guoyu Wang — Space Law Center, China National Space Administration. Dr. Claire Nelson, The Future Forum, Giamaica. Adriano V. Autino, SRI CEO & Founder. Maria Antonietta Perino, Thales Alenia Space, Italy. Stefano Antonetti, D-ORBIT SpA, Strategy Director, Italy. Antonio Stark, iSpace, Japan. MODERATES: Dr. Gülin Dede, SRI Director of Relations, Chair of the Space 18th SDG Coalition.
Elements essential to life, such as carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur, were “delivered” to Earth and the moon during the early stages of the solar system via asteroids and comets impacting their surfaces. These exogenous materials may have provided the chemical building blocks necessary for the origin and early evolution of life on Earth. But extensive geological activity and biological processes on Earth have largely erased the direct records of these early inputs on our planet.
In contrast, the moon, with its relatively limited geological activity, serves as a natural “time capsule,” making it easier to unravel the history and evolution of extraterrestrial organic matter.
A recent study has, for the first time, systematically identified multiple nitrogen-bearing organic species on the surfaces of lunar soil grains returned by China’s Chang’e-5 and Chang’e-6 missions. The research further reveals an evolutionary pathway defined by exogenous delivery, impact modification, and continuous solar wind processing.
Saturn’s aurora acts as a localized energy source that drives winds and currents in a stable feedback system, producing the illusion of changing rotation.
