2026-05-20 01:54:28
A southward differentiated impactor forms the tapered shape of the South Pole–Aitken impact basin on the #Moon: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea1984 -> SwRI team uncovers clues about what future astronauts may find on the Moon: https://www.swri.org/newsroom/press-releases/swri-team-uncovers-clues-about-what-future-astronauts-may-find-the-moon
🐇 The tortoise and the hare: will China beat the US in the race back to the moon?
#moon
RE: #Moon was already half way between Mercury and Jupiter:
Yeah, so I suck at #astrophotography when all I have is a handheld mobile phone camera. 🌙♀♃
#Moon #Venus #Jupiter
Earth–Moon transfer via the L1 Lagrangian point using the theory of functional connections: #Moon than any previously described: https://agencia.fapesp.br/method-calculates-more-efficient-route-between-earth-and-moon-than-any-previously-described/58066
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Audioasis
Moon Owl's Mages:
🎵 Weekend
#MoonOwlsMages
https://open.spotify.com/track/7Exy1lEBrjphrpb5Cke67e
People are gonna fly by the moon!
Scheduled to launch on April Fool's day 😆
#space
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #GuyGarveysFinestHour
Moondog:
🎵 Bird's Lament
#Moondog
https://ulises.bandcamp.com/track/moondog-birds-lament-ulises-edit
Did you know that the #Moon was unhappy to have been created? Learned this today from a fresco in #Fanefjord Church on MŸn - #Elmelundemesteren. The Sun looks happier ...
Couldn't sleep, so here is the moon
#moon #photograpy #black
China has unveiled an AI-powered humanoid robot that it plans to send to the #Moon as part of its 2029 Chang’e-8 mission: https://www.independent.co.uk/space/china-robot-moon-mission-humanoid-b2974130.html - the 100 kilogram robot will act as a porter to transport and install instruments at various lunar locations ahead of a crewed landing.
Currently watching the #moon flyby on NASA TV
https://www.nasa.gov/live/
BRB howling at the #moon 🌕
A southward differentiated impactor forms the tapered shape of the South Pole–Aitken impact basin on the #Moon: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea1984 -> A violent impact might have ejected material from deep within the moon's mantle — and future Artemis astronauts might be able to sample it: https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/a-bizarre-decapitated-asteroid-likely-made-the-moons-largest-impact-crater-nasas-artemis-astronauts-may-land-near-the-proof
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Moon Duo:
🎵 Sevens
#MoonDuo
https://open.spotify.com/track/2La8TQxmcsZSeiZdZVXVEw
Facing east from Australia right now, using the app:
#artemis
A galactic cosmic ray cavity in Earth-Moon space: #Moon Mission Data Reveal Unexpected Cosmic Ray “Shadow”: https://eos.org/articles/moon-mission-data-reveal-unexpected-cosmic-ray-shadow - a particle detector on the Chang’e-4 lunar lander showed a surprising zone of reduced radiation stretching out from Earth at a strange angle, with potential implications for future astronauts.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AstralPlane
Moon Owl's Mages:
🎵 Dog Track
#MoonOwlsMages
https://open.spotify.com/track/5R5UBrv9NwAcTako85gIHP
Upper stage impacting the #moon on 2026 August 5: https://www.projectpluto.com/25010d.htm -> A Falcon 9 rocket will hit the Moon this summer at seven times the speed of sound: https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/a-falcon-9-upper-stage-will-strike-the-moon-in-august/
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Moon Duo:
🎵 Flying
#MoonDuo
https://moonduo.bandcamp.com/track/flying
https://open.spotify.com/track/7C3Bx5k7dPyTCw0TdWiEbi
A galactic cosmic ray cavity in Earth-Moon space: #Moon: https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-spot-previously-unknown-space-cavity-thats-quietly-protecting-the-moon-2000737969
Moon Seen Through Fork in Dead Poplar Snag Next to My House
#photo #photography #moon #nature
Heute wirds himmlisch. 🌕
#workinprogress 🎨, freie Arbeit, kommt später voraussichtlich in den #wandklex Shop.
#moon #fediart #mastoart #creativeToots
Subsurface ice in doubly shadowed craters as revealed by Chandrayaan-2 dual frequency synthetic aperture radar: #Moon using Chandrayaan-2 data: https://www.deccanherald.com/science/space/isro-detects-possible-subsurface-ice-on-moon-using-chandrayaan-2-data-what-this-means-4019012
Another view of the #ZodiacalLight behind the #Moon, from a camera on the solar cells. And the daily #ArtemisII press conferences resume now, the first one post-flyby coming up at the bottom of the hour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YWATA3d5dU
"Chang'E-4 (CE4), the first mission to soft-land on the lunar farside, provides a unique opportunity for astronomical observations from an environment shielded from terrestrial radio interference, and thus serves as pathfinder for #LunarFarside radio search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) studies. We present a search for periodic technosignatures using low-frequency radio observations from the CE-4 mission, the first radio #SETI study based on data from on the observation in lunar farside": #Moon ...
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Moon Duo:
🎵 Stars Are The Light
#MoonDuo
https://moonduo.bandcamp.com/album/stars-are-the-light-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/19xLlmWwfG7uXfGcjkdnjO
The #Moon in a perfectly fitting #easteregg shape in the live stream #ArtemisII right now. Two new updates: https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/04/artemis-ii-flight-day-4-crew-completes-manual-piloting-demonstration/ and just in https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/05/artemis-ii-flight-day-5-crew-starts-day-with-suit-demo/
More #MareOrientale in this new #ArtemisII #Moon image - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/55190158269/in/album-72177720307234654 - than in the first one with a long focal length presented. The lunar flyby webcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-j1uxBmis0 will begin at 17:00 UTC today and the lunar observations run from 18:45 UTC to 1:20 UTC on 7 April - as explained in the press conference tonight we will mostly get images from the exterior cameras with astronaut commentary of what they see; real photographs like this one will be downloaded later during the day and the following ones.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Audioasis
Moon Duo:
🎵 Lost Heads
#MoonDuo
https://open.spotify.com/track/6f8wIpMdNnL7CZ8zsfmh6v
The #Moon tonight: thanks to #libration several #mare at the edge are visible!
Das Modell hielt neulich so still, dass ich es nochmal eingeladen habe. 😁
#workinprogress 🎨, freie Arbeit, kommt später in den #wandklex Shop.
#moon #luna #watercolor #watercolour #aquarell #art #fediart #mastoart #creativeToots
All the #MoonBase news from today in one text: #NASA will announce the crew of #ArtemisIII: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-announce-artemis-iii-crew-provide-mission-progress-update/
Phase C has officially begun for Lunar Meteoroid Impacts Observer or #Lumio, ESA’s pioneering CubeSat technology demonstration mission dedicated to monitoring #meteoroid flashes on the far side of the #Moon: https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Shaping_the_Future/A_leap_forward_for_Lumio_Phase_C_officially_launched - Lumio is entering the detailed design and implementation phase that will advance the mission toward flight readiness and a potential launch in 2028.
Seid ihr schon bereit für den Mondaufgang? Im #wandklex Shop ist Vollmond! Das Original ist seit gerade eben auf #watercolor #watercolour #aquarell #art #artShop #moon #spaceArt #fediart #mastoart #creativeToots #artforsale
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Moon Boots, Lyric Jones:
🎵 Sunshine
#MoonBoots #LyricJones
https://foolsgoldrecs.bandcamp.com/track/sunshine
https://open.spotify.com/track/2ApLg0vSM6AIZ1dYQRZ9kY
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
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #DriveTime
Moon Duo:
🎵 Jukebox Babe
#MoonDuo
https://open.spotify.com/track/5zldKan8Pu2rPegmeY0wIV
🎶 show playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2KW4FxNKVGpVTgIJYolnNY
🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VNALrOa3gWbk794YuIrwg