Space Weather/rocket launch

China is about to launch Long March 8 Flight 7 (Solar Sail mission) straight into a solar storm.

Good luck! Watch live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSDUGmnXlBE

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#longmarch
#solarsail
#g7izu

These stars are giving me Capella vibes...only in this close-up view, they're being visited by explorers. Our descendants in the not-so-distant future, or perhaps aliens today, imagining what secrets are waiting to be revealed on a small rocky planet 40 light-years beyond their reach...

From yours truly, "Reach for the suns".

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#mwgic #2026 #Space #SpaceTravel #SolarSail #Laser #Booster

https://newatlas.com/space-systems/metajets-light-propelled-spaceships/

I know I've shared this one a lot lately, but so help me I just love the energy of this piece, which I've been playing around with a bit; lo, a slightly softer and brighter version of my sci-fi caprice "Reach for the Light" (yes, those are solar sails in silhouette).

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They might look "buggy", but hexagons are a real shape proposed for solar sails...and it looks like this fleet is going to take advantage of some serious radiation pressure, as they "Reach for the Suns".

Painting by me.

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Oh I'm sure it'd take the mother of all tinted windows to stop it from blinding you, but imagine being on a solar sail, making a fly-by to gain speed to your final destination, and then seeing *this* out your window. The ultimate scenic route, in my own painting, "Reach for the light".

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#NanoSail-D2
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260102.html

#APOD #SolarSail

It might look a bit...off, at first glance, but hey, there are plenty of bright-white nigh-contact binary stars out there, and Maltese crosses have been proposed as a real shape for these crafts...

My own spacey piece, "Solar sailing round twin suns".

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Yes, flying saucers are a real proposed shape for solar sails. No, I'm not apologizing for it. My own artwork, "Full sail under a red giant".

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