#MMX recently completed its journey to the #spaceport on #Tanegashima island. The mission will launch 🚀 on Japan's flagship #H3 rocket some time in November or December of this year https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/japans-audacious-sample-return-mission-to-the-mars-moon-phobos-has-made-it-to-the-launch-pad
🇯🇵 #MMX will launch* in 📆 2026 and enter #Mars 🔴 orbit a year later. It will deploy a small #German and #French-built rover which will travel around #Phobos for at least 100 days. Once MMX collects its samples, it will lift off, leave Mars in 2030 and return to Earth in 2031 https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/mmx
* 🚀 no earlier than October https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/4361/
May skygazing: A blue moon, fading comet, and a lot of meteors
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.popsci.com/science/stargazing-guide-may-2026/
NASA needs your help spotting meteors hitting the moon
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.popsci.com/science/help-nasa-spot-meteors-moon/
What's going on in this picture? I'll confess: I have no idea. But whatever it is, it's *really cool*. Painted by me, a scene of "A moonslit airdrop".
#art #digitalart #digitalpainting #painting #clouds #cloudscape #moons #sky #skyscape #nightsky #scifi #sciencefiction #scifiart #sciencefictionart #aircraft #helicopter
🌊🪐 Researchers at #MIT identified universal rules for how #waves form on other #planets by analyzing the relationship between wind #energy and planetary conditions.
Their model illustrates that on #moons like #Titan low gravity and dense atmospheres allow waves to start at very low wind speeds and grow taller than they do on #Earth. Conversely lava worlds with high gravity and viscous molten rock would require hurricane-force winds to create even a small ripple.
👉 https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-mechanics-of-alien-waves
One of the most dramatic and memorable scenes from Interstellar comes from Miller’s planet - and if you don’t want a spoiler for an 11 year old movie, feel free to skip to the next paragraph. When the crew arrives on this potential new home for humanity, they are faced with a literal 1.2 km high wall of water bearing down on them quickly. It’s a great representation of how waves on other planets can act differently than on Earth. Admittedly, according to Kip Thorne, the scientific advisor for that movie, those waves are actually caused by the planet’s proximity to a local black hole rather than the wind that forms our waves here.
New Artemis II astronaut iPhone video reveals new Earthset view
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.popsci.com/science/artemis-ii-video/
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