🌕✨ The #sun is 400 times farther away than the #moon and also 400 times its size. This unlikely coincidence makes them appear nearly identical from #Earth.

This #video shows how #humans see the moon as a god, an artistic symbol, and a stabilizing force across many centuries.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/what-is-the-moon-bbc-ideas-cultures-video?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=moon-meanings-cultures

#astronauts #astronomy #astrophysics #biology #culture #history #moons #myths #nasa #rockets #science #space #tksst

There's really only one way to come back from #hiatus / getting lost in the woods with Chiron

... coming Saturday!

📷 :https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia25966-jovian-family-portrait/

#Astrophotography #astronomy #astrodon #podcast #Jupiter #moons #return

April skygazing: An early micromoon, comet flyby, and the Lyrid meteor shower

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.popsci.com/science/april-skygazing-an-early-micromoon-comet-flyby-and-the-lyrid-meteor-shower/

A 2nd grader designed an adorable mascot for NASA’s Artemis II mission

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.popsci.com/science/artemis-ii-moon-mascot/

The best way to watch the Artemis II launch is on C-SPAN

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.popsci.com/science/how-to-watch-artemis-ii-cspan/

I'm currently doing an OU OpenLearn short course on the moons of the solar system. It's brilliant - by far the best short course so far. Of course it does help that there's a lot in it about Titan, which is my favourite moon; but it's all really interesting. If you're at a loose end and in the mood for some high-quality free study, I'd totally recommend it.

#TheOpenUniversity #astronomy #planets #moons

🚀💥 When a #space mission ends, scientists often choose to smash the probe into a planet instead of letting it drift. This destruction protects potentially habitable #moons from #bacteria and allows the #spacecraft to collect #data during its final descent.

👉 https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-missions/spacecraft-crash-into-planets

#NASA #ESA #planets #science #astronomy #engineering #exploration

🪐 Some of the most striking worlds in our solar system are not planets at all. They are moons shaped by ice, fire, and oceans hidden in the dark, each carrying a quiet record of how complex a small world can become.

✍️ Explore the 10 Largest Moons in Our Solar System: https://tpc8.short.gy/qhaAWyYS

Even the smallest light can widen the sky.

#astronomy #Space #Moons #PlanetaryScience #SciComm #SolarSystem #TPC8