What is SolarSystem.social?SolarSystem.social is a collection of online community services run by the
Planetary Research Cooperative. These services include this Mastodon instance, a
Mattermost server, and soon, a peertube instance. The Planetary Research Cooperative is a non-profit organization that supports the dissemination of scientific research in the field of planetary science.
Who can join?Anyone working in the field of planetary science can join, including:
students, postdocs, researchers, professors, engineers, and administrators,
institutions, societies, communities, academic journals and publishers,
journalists, science educators, and science promoters.
When creating an account, please let the moderator know who you are and how you fit the above criteria. If we can not verify that you are working in planetary science, your account will not be approved.
What can you talk about?You can post on any subject that interests you, personal or professional, including (but not limited to) planetary science!
How can I find accounts to follow?Go to the
profiles directory of this instance. Here you can either follow accounts directly, or you can click on an account to see who they follow.
How is this server funded?The Planetary Research Cooperative pays for both the domain name and the hosting at
masto.host. The base operating cost for a small instance of a hundred users is about two hundred dollars per year.
How to donate?There is no requirement to donate to create an account, but if you would like to see this community thrive, please consider making a donation to the
Planetary Research Cooperative.
Privacy statementWe will never provide or sell any information about any of our users to any party. We do not require you to use your real name, and we encourage you to use single-use email addresses. Nevertheless, please be aware that all your posts are public, and that private messages are not end-to-end encrypted. You should expect that anything you post here will eventually be consumed by data scrapers and search engines. We host this server using masto.host, but even though they also respect your privacy, data breaches can occur. If you need to communicate with someone privately, please use an end-to-end encrypted messenger.