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New Constraints on the Spatial and Temporal Evolution of the Lunar Surface Regolith: #lunar explorers, depending on the task at hand.

Last night, to make the most of the combination of the still almost New Moon (only 5% illuminated), clear sky/weather, Milky Way alignment/visibility and still near-peak Perseids meteor shower (with ~50 per hour), I spent three hours alone in one of the darkest places within easy reach and with absolutely great views across a lake to boot...
Here's a short time lapse animation of the Milky Way rotating over the Alps near Füssen from around 23:30 - midnight... 290 frames, each 15 second…

new plan for global warming: deploy a billion solar panels to capture the sun's energy and use that to power a giant laser that will send our excess heat to the moon. (the giant space laser attracts funding; the solar panels mysteriously disappear from the asset inventory when the project collapses)

NASA has announced that it will release a solicitation related to lunar surface power this month
and that it is considering sending a rover powered by a
"radioisotope thermoelectric generator" (RTG) to the moon.
In a press conference,
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and NASA Moon Base Program Manager Carlos García-Galšn discussed new award announcements
to Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive machines
to deliver NASA science payloads to…

NASA prepares to solicit moon surface power, teases RTG-powered moon rover

I want a solar (and lunar) eclipse emoji. The new moon sun emojis just don’t really cut it. 🌑☀️
#emoji #emojis #eclipses #Unicode

Replaced article(s) found for quant-ph. https://arxiv.org/list/quant-ph/new
[1/5]:
- Tight Bounds for Quantum Phase Estimation and Related Problems
Nikhil S. Mande, Ronald de Wolf
https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.04908 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/110337460439591382
- Quantum thermodynamics of the Caldeira-Leggett model with non-equilibrium Gaussian reservoirs
Vasco Cavina, Massimiliano Esposito
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.00215 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/112370293649586776
- A quantum implementation of high-order power method for estimating geometric entanglement of pure...
Andrii Semenov, Niall Murphy, Simone Patscheider, Alessandra Bernardi, Elena Blokhina
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.19134 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/112528797708787049
- Unifying framework for quantum simulation algorithms for time-dependent Hamiltonian dynamics
Yu Cao, Shi Jin, Nana Liu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.03180 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/113435338816776896
- Mixed-State Topological Order under Coherent Noise
Seunghun Lee, Eun-Gook Moon
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.03441 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/113440883864687961
- Quest for quantum advantage: Monte Carlo wave-function simulations of the Coherent Ising Machine
Manushan Thenabadu, Run Yan Teh, Jia Wang, Simon Kiesewetter, Margaret D Reid, Peter D Drummond
https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.02681 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/113786139350946567
- Honest-binding quantum bit commitment from separable operations
Ziad Chaoui, Anna Pappa, Matteo Rosati
https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.07351 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/113825499573295523
- Expressivity of Quantum Reservoir Computers
Sch\"utte, G\"otting, M\"untinga, List, Brunner, Gies
https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.15528 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/113904787967762788
- Additivity and chain rules for quantum entropies via multi-index Schatten norms
Omar Fawzi, Jan Kochanowski, Cambyse Rouz\'e, Thomas Van Himbeeck
https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.01611 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/113944408733032864
- On the Addressability Problem on CSS Codes
J\'er\^ome Guyot, Samuel Jaques
https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.13889 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/114035128180919513
- Robust Mixed-State Cluster States and Spurious Topological Entanglement Negativity
Seunghun Lee, Eun-Gook Moon
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.16165 https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_quantph_bot/114391788348136547
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NASA is building a nuclear reactor for the Moon by 2030 — and testing the nuclear propulsion that could carry humans to Mars in the decade after — under a new directive that revives a space-nuclear ambition the agency has been quietly chasing since Apollo
https://spacedaily.com/d-nasa-is-building-a-nuclear-reactor-for-the-moon-by-2030-and-testing-the-nuclear-propulsion-that-could-carry-humans-to-mars-in-the-decade-after-under-a-new-directive-that-revives-a/

Meta releases Forum, a Reddit-like standalone app for Facebook Groups, with a feed showing Group conversations and an AI-powered "Ask" feature, on iOS (Mariella Moon/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2179165/meta-forum-groups-app/

Meta quietly released a new Reddit-like app called Forum - Engadget
Meta is testing a new dedicated app for Facebook Groups called Forum.

Alexander Simpson came in first at the Twilight 5K -- he comes in first quite often in road races! Between going to New England, prioritizing people I gave a token to, and not overloading my followers I am not so fast posting photos...
#photo #photography

New album launch is tomorrow!
Black Moon

• YouTube
• Tidal
• Amazon Music

First steps when we take our first steps on a new planet:
1) Take a step
2) Bring in cars
3) Build roads with lasers
Humanity really is a special breed. 🤦
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nEoLyTdgpV8

800 Million Years Ago, a Catastrophic Asteroid Breakup Rained Fire on the Inner Solar System - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/articles/800-million-years-ago-a-catastrophic-asteroid-breakup-rained-fire-…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Duran Duran:
🎵 New Moon on Monday
#DuranDuran
https://open.spotify.com/track/1M7UOCmCrPH1JFPRnrOoJu

‘Highly Plausible’ Aliens on Europa Are Earthlings’ Descendants, Study Says https://www.404media.co/highly-plausible-aliens-on-europa-are-earthlings-descendants-study-says/

Here is the new #MoonBase NASA website: https://www.nasa.gov/moonbase/ - at the presser it was also announced that Blue Origin, AstroLab and LunarOutpost have been chosen to build and deliver Lunar Terrain Vehicles while Firefly will build the vehicle to carry the Moonfall probes: https://bsky.app/profile/genejm1017.bsky.social/post/3mmrmpih4yc22. Meanwhile three NASA-sponsored Moon landings are planned for the remainder of this year: https://nitter.net/NASA/status/2059338624651387312#m

Kickstarter retracts stricter rules on mature content after creator backlash, and says it adopted the tougher rules because of its payment processor Stripe (Mariella Moon/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2177414/kickstarter-mature-content-policy-stripe/

Kickstarter Rolls Back Its Mature Content Policy After Outcry
Kickstarter is going back to its previous rules around mature content after creators criticized the new policy it introduced last week.

Crosslisted article(s) found for physics.atom-ph. https://arxiv.org/list/physics.atom-ph/new
[1/1]:
- Atomic-referenced Hz-linewidth lasers via fiber interferometric stabilization
Changmin Ahn, Hansol Jeong, Seoyeon Yang, Junyong Choi, Igju Jeon, Hanseb Moon, Jungwon Kim

Astronomy from Corrulón (Spain) on the morning of 9 August 2/3: the Moon 3 1/2 days before being as new as it gets and totall eclipsing the Sun from here.

'I'm over the moon': New York's small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape (Christopher Mathias/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/zohran-mamdani-small-business-policies
http://www.memeorandum.com/260725/p63#a260725p63

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #NightTracks
Sergey Prokofiev, New London Orchestra & Ronald Corp:
🎵 Summer day - children's suite Op.65a: The Moon sails o'er the meadows
#SergeyProkofiev #NewLondonOrchestra #RonaldCorp

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
Nada Surf:
🎵 Moon Mirror
#NadaSurf
https://nadasurf.bandcamp.com/track/new-propeller

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
Nada Surf:
🎵 Moon Mirror
#NadaSurf
https://nadasurf.bandcamp.com/track/new-propeller