Tootfinder

Wow! "comet or asteroid the size of a three- to six-story building" ☄️
https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/nasas-moon-orbiter-spots-new-once-in-century-moon-crater/

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-…

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted a massive new crater on the Moon
that scientists say was created in a rare, once-in-a-century impact.
The newly named McGetchin crater is 728 feet wide
— about the length of two football fields
— and 141 feet deep, NASA said in a release.
It is the largest newly formed impact crater ever found in the solar system.

NASA orbiter spots massive 'once-in-a-century' crater on moon
The finding shows that impacts can alter the lunar surface far beyond the crater itself.

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

American troops need to prepare for combat not only in Earth’s orbit but
around the moon,
Donald Trump’s top military adviser said on Wednesday,
looking ahead to a new frontier in warfare
after the US revealed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space.
Gen Dan Caine, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, told service members and industry figures at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference outside Washington that
the US military should adapt now …

Top Trump military adviser says US must prepare to fight around moon
Gen Dan Caine comments at Washington summit come after US revealed it has deployed weapons in space

New NASA Images Reveal Crater Left Behind by SpaceX Rocket Impact on the Moon
https://gizmodo.com/new-nasa-images-reveal-crater-left-behind-by-spacex-rocket-impact-on-the-moon-2000800562

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

A new 222-m diameter lunar crater / New lunar crater reveals extensive distal regolith modification: #Moon Crater: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/nasas-moon-orbiter-spots-new-once-in-century-moon-crater/ and https://lroc.im-ldi.com/images/1501

Renaming geography’s an odd hobby, granted, but fair enough—school shootings probably got so bad that he's run out of children to rape. https://mstdn.party/@mcspocky/117232700660225889

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

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

From tiny glass beads and a lunar map to #Mercury: New study indirectly determines SiO2-content of Mercury’s surface. With 37 %, it is much less abundant than thought. Mercury’s crust must have formed by extreme volcanism. https://www.…

A protective vest tested on a manikin during NASA’s first Artemis moonshot could drastically cut the radiation exposure of lunar astronauts during severe solar storms.
Scientists reported Wednesday on the radiation-shielding vest worn around the moon by a female test dummy in 2022.
No one was aboard that Artemis I debut flight, which paved the way for humanity’s long-awaited return to the moon in April by a flyby crew of four.
Radiation remains one of the biggest threats to a…

Radiation vest tested during Artemis I can cut astronauts' exposure in solar storms, study suggests
A new study suggests a protective vest tested on a manikin during NASA's first Artemis moonshot could slash the radiation exposure of lunar astronauts during severe solar storms. Scientists reported Wednesday on the radiation-shielding vest worn around the moon by a female test dummy named Zohar in 2022. No one was aboard that Artemis I debut flight, which paved the way for actual astronauts to return to the moon in April. Radiation remains one of the biggest threats as NASA works toward a moon…

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

It's actually crazier than that. https://www.newsweek.com/trump-rename-new-mexico-claims-moon-is-ours-12410814

RE: #Moon!

Potential sighting of the new big #Moon crater in archival amateur images: https://www.astrode.de/mondflug2/9neuer16j26.htm - nothing there until and including 14 May 2024 which (together with LRO's observations) would reduce the impact time interval to a mere week.

And the state of the debate about (details of) the origin of the #Moon ... today - Collisional Capture of an Intact Moon Depends on Strength: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae91e9 -> SwRI-led modeling identifies new scenarios for Moon formation: https://www.swri.org/newsroom/press-releases/swri-led-modeling-identifies-new-scenarios-moon-formation

'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

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.

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

The SiO2 abundance on the surfaces of the Moon and #Mercury: https://planetary-research.org/article/view/226 -> Mercury’s Crust Formed by Extreme Volcanism: https://www.mps.mpg.de/mercury-s-crust-formed-by-extreme-volcanism - a new study uses an indirect approach to determine the silicon dioxide content of Mercury’s surface.

A new perspective on the 12 August Total #SolarEclipse, from a Russian weather satellite on a #Molniya orbit, showing Europe (with few clouds in Spain while Iceland is invisible) from above, in contrast to the slant view from a geostationary wx sat, with the Moon's #umbra proceeding south: two processed stills from the animation https://x.com/conspiracyslyr/status/2091012490360471586 - which lead yet another link-a-thon with more eclipse stuff at the bottom of https://skyweek.wordpress.com/2026/08/21/allgemeines-live-blog-ab-dem-21-august-2026/

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